My Body Is My Own Business Analysis

There are over 7 billion people on this earth and not one of them the same. They are all different in many ways like religion, appearance, values and beliefs. They are judged by society simply because of a lack of understanding. The audience in “My body is my own business” written by Sultana Yusufali, the son from “A rupee earned” by I.F. Bulatkin and the border police in “Borders” by Thomas King from Sightlines 10 all learn a lesson that is essential to today’s population, they learn that understanding differences is necessary in order to be tolerant. Firstly, in order to be tolerant you need to accept the differences in others like Sultana Yusufali from “My body is my own business”. In her essay Yusufali proves to the audience that differences can be beneficial and for the majority of the time they are done by choice. “When people ask me if I feel oppressed, I can honestly say no. I made this decision out of my free will” (Yusufali 53) Many people are prejudice when they see women in their hijabs, often thinking that they are slaves or being forced to wear it because they don’t realize and understand that it is worn for religious beliefs. If more people stopped stereotyping and removed the stigma there would be more acceptances of these differences. …show more content…
After living off of his father’s wealth and hard earned money the narrator must learn the difference between working for himself and being privileged and being given everything that he needs. “Someone else’s money you do not care about-that is cheap. But the money the money you earn by your own labour-ah, that you make a big fuss over!” (Bulatkin 278) The narrator realizes the value of working for his own money and this allows him to tolerate working to earn his father’s approval and land as well as allowing him to provide for himself for the rest of his