Stereotypes In Woman At Point Zero

In the novel, Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi is about a prostitute who faced a life of childhood cruelty, neglect, violent relationship, and welcomes death to be free from pain/suffering. In the graphic novel, Chicken with Plums, by Marjane Satrapi, is about a musician who frantically searches to fix his instrument to recover his first lost love but settles for death. In the play, “M. Butterfly”, is about a French diplomat who falls in love with the submissive, traditional, stereotypical “women” by creating an ultimate fantasy. In these three texts, the authors are challenging by interconnecting the social norms and death, which is demonstrated using gender studies.
In the graphic novel, Chicken with Plums, Nasser decides to give …show more content…
Nahid gets frustrated with Nasser when he spits out her food and sulks all day, “ I’ve had it with always having to take care of everything! You’re the man! You should help support your family! But no!!! Your hands are too delicate for chores”(42). Nahid married Nasser out of love whereas Nasser married Nahid for her mother’s wish. When a man marries a woman, especially in an Eastern family, he takes care of his family and puts food on the table. However, in this graphic novel, Nahid is the “man” in the house because she takes care of the children, works, cleans the house, cooks, buys supplies etc; while Nasser plays music all day. Nahid holds her family together and takes care of them. She supports Nasser in his music career and all she asks in return is for love/ appreciation. Satrapi uses gender studies to show that women are contributing their share of the work and are being unappreciated. Satrapi demonstrates the expectation and pressure that’s put upon a man to do his duties and lead his family. Satrapi organized this graphic novel in a way that she challenges the role by Nasser not taking any responsibility whereas Nahid being the