In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Dai Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, and Alice Munro's Boys and Girls, the young girls in each writing live in different cultures and parts of the world, but all the girls face gender discrimination in their own home or country and choose to rebel against the stereotypical norms. Marjane, The Little Seamstress, and the girl from boys and girls live in a time era and places that don't except strong, willful women. With the help of there family or their persistent attitude the young girls are able to reject the norms set in place by society. In Persepolis, Marjane is constantly aware of gender discrimination in Iran, and by the end of the book, Marjane is fed up with wearing a head scarf and
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The Little Seamstress from the book Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is portrayed as a harmless little girl, but in reality she is able to fight for what she wants. The Little Seamstress works along side her dad sewing everything imaginable. Her dad travels from small villages in rural China looking for business, but leaves his daughter at home because he thinks she will get into trouble if her brings her along. The narrator says, "He never took his daughter with him on his trips..." (Balzac, 22). This means, The Little Seamstress is at home isolated from people for many days at a time. She believes she is worthy enough of traveling with her father, but stereotypes in the Chinese culture make it hard for women to do anything but care for their husbands. By the end of the book, The Little Seamstress is tired of being left at home, and decides to rebel against the men in her society. She picks up her belongings and leaves to get a job in the city. On her way out of the town she says, "... A woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price" (Balzac, 184). She knows she is mentally an physically capable of living in the city without the protection of a man. It takes the Seamstress a while to realize that she is not being treated fairly, but when she comes to the realization she chooses to rebel
The Little Seamstress from the book Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is portrayed as a harmless little girl, but in reality she is able to fight for what she wants. The Little Seamstress works along side her dad sewing everything imaginable. Her dad travels from small villages in rural China looking for business, but leaves his daughter at home because he thinks she will get into trouble if her brings her along. The narrator says, "He never took his daughter with him on his trips..." (Balzac, 22). This means, The Little Seamstress is at home isolated from people for many days at a time. She believes she is worthy enough of traveling with her father, but stereotypes in the Chinese culture make it hard for women to do anything but care for their husbands. By the end of the book, The Little Seamstress is tired of being left at home, and decides to rebel against the men in her society. She picks up her belongings and leaves to get a job in the city. On her way out of the town she says, "... A woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price" (Balzac, 184). She knows she is mentally an physically capable of living in the city without the protection of a man. It takes the Seamstress a while to realize that she is not being treated fairly, but when she comes to the realization she chooses to rebel