Generous Betrayal: An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl

What comes to your mind when you picture a 14 year old girl? What ought to come to your mind is a girl that is able to have fun with friends and do things little girls like to do. You most likely would imagine “freedom”. In this essay I will be discussing how an innocent 14 year old girl’s life had dramatically reformed forever and had all of her freedom ripped from it. The author of Generous Betrayal, Unni Wikan titles this girl Aisha. Aisha was born in Norway and grew up in this loving country bursting with humanitarian views and a great social welfare structure. Her parents on the other hand were not born in Norway which leads to Aisha’s future being a complete mess. In 1996 Aisha turned 14 years old and was abruptly ripped from the life she had known and lived and everything changed. Aisha had been sent to her parent’s homeland country to be forcibly married. This is not a life a 14 year old girl should be forced into but, as we see here we have a conflict between culture and morals. Something we faced and questioned in the story of Aisha is why wasn’t she saved? Well this leads to a …show more content…
When her parents had made the decision to send her out of the country she didn’t know what to expect. Although she was not ready for change and tried everything possible to evade her predetermined destiny she ended up losing her fight. Losing this battle was something that had forced Aisha to live a life that was not her own and she had no other choice but to let it be. Being a 14 year old girl Aisha did not have much say in what she wanted to do with her life so her parents made the decision for her. Being at a young and malleable age unfortunately allowed her culture to be shaped without her having much to compare her future with. Her freedom and basic human rights were ripped from her and she had no other choice but to accept it and that is exactly what she