Throughout this semester, we have been reading a variety of different books that cover a wide range of topics that range from religious freedom to the stories of those who are affected by war. For my paper, I chose to focus on the topic of how feminism is different in the non-Western world compared to those who live in the Western world. I chose to focus on the books, I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde and the book The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. For the first book, focused on the book, I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde. The main character in this book, Tituba, faced a lot of events that tests her perseverance and even causes her to change her lifestyle to ensure that she was able to survive her ever changing surroundings.
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Then one day Tituba met John Indian. John was another slave whose owner lived a few towns over. As Tituba and John started to talk more and more, Tituba started to fall in love with him. Then, one day, John asked Tituba a question that would change her life forever. John asked Tituba to live with him on the plantation where he was a slave. When John said, “Tituba, don’t you want me?” (Conde, 18). This question has caused Tituba to choose between her love and her freedom. When she thought to herself, “I wanted that man as I never wanted anyone else; I desired his love as I had never desired anyone else” (Conde, 18). This thought from Tituba proves that she loves John more than her current way of living. This specific idea of feminism is not something that a lot of Westerners think of when they are talking about an idea is not something that normal Westerns think of when it comes to feminism. A lot of people think of how women may be inconvenienced from living far away from their significant others, but not a lot of them think about those who are asked to give up their freedom so
Then one day Tituba met John Indian. John was another slave whose owner lived a few towns over. As Tituba and John started to talk more and more, Tituba started to fall in love with him. Then, one day, John asked Tituba a question that would change her life forever. John asked Tituba to live with him on the plantation where he was a slave. When John said, “Tituba, don’t you want me?” (Conde, 18). This question has caused Tituba to choose between her love and her freedom. When she thought to herself, “I wanted that man as I never wanted anyone else; I desired his love as I had never desired anyone else” (Conde, 18). This thought from Tituba proves that she loves John more than her current way of living. This specific idea of feminism is not something that a lot of Westerners think of when they are talking about an idea is not something that normal Westerns think of when it comes to feminism. A lot of people think of how women may be inconvenienced from living far away from their significant others, but not a lot of them think about those who are asked to give up their freedom so