Characteristics Of Feminism In Literature

For many centuries and before social media, reading books was the only method of communication where the readers could found ideologies, beliefs or trend about the era and those which should be assimilate and follow by the society. Throw literature the authors show some characteristics about the society that they are living even they not seem too “realistic” as science fiction. For example, George Orwell (1903-1950) whose emblematic novels “animal Farm” (1945) and “1984” (1948) are presented as a criticism of both totalitarian regimes which are before and during the Second World War.
Feminism is defined as “the advocacy of women 's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes” (Oxford Dictionary, 2016) at the political, cultural or economic …show more content…
Though her diary we can see her fear but also her goals. She sometimes thinks that she should be a brilliant lady to be accepted by the society and specially by men. In addition, one of the most famous scenes in the adapted film of the book is when she sang “All by myself” while she is drinking alcohol feeling lonely because she believes that “single women do tend to get desperate as they get older” (Fielding 194) and she does not to be old and do not find a man in her life due to the influence of the society. Bridget lives in modern western society where enjoys her independence and believe that woman should have the same rights as men but also wants to find a man who wants to share their independences together. Some feminist as Simone de Beauvoir thought that a women should not be obliged to marry and also Bridget most of the time think that “there’s a whole generation of single girls like [her] with their own incomes and homes who have lots of fun and don’t need to wash anyone else’s socks” (Fielding 42). But these double standards do not make her someone less feminist because it still her decision even it is influenced by the society view of marriage. Fiona Sturges at The Telegraph (2016) claims that “Bridget is incapable of being alone without disappearing into a fog of woe-is-me melodrama” and that “her character perpetuates a conservative and horribly limiting view of women” but if we read the novels and see the films we can see that the paper of Bridget Jones is an independent woman who tries to fight again the society’s point of view and she preserve the right to do whatever she wants to do even she is hesitating in her decisions and also even the society is not accept