The Assassination Of Light At The River's Flow By Khayriah Short Story

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Woman of North America
Introduction

Women been treated as property for many years even to this today.
In this following stories: The story “The assassination of light at the river’s flow by Khayriah as saqqaf. The answer is no by Naguib Mahfouz, and my father writes to my mother by Assia Djebar. In the story assassination of light at the river’s flow the story was about a girl who was in school when got a call by her parents. Her parents were broke and she wanted to go to school but they didn’t have money, so her parents found a man that was rich so he will helped them out, so she can go to school but she refused to marry him. The other two stories “The answer is no” and “ My father writes to my mother” The answer is no is about how a tutor wanted to marry a student he had and he wanted her to finish her studies here and marry her at the age of 18 and she didn’t wanted to marry him because she thought he was after her money. The story “My father writes to my mother” Is about a man writing a letter to her wife and how he shows respect to his wife and how he does love her. Rebel Women
In the Story “The assassination of light at the river’s flow by Khayriah as saqqaf” she became the rebel the daughter of the muslim parents. She became a rebel by standing up to her parents. This happened when her mother said “A man who
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All three are brave and strong and rebel. They all face challenges but they stand strong and refuse to be controlled. The story” The assassination of light at the river’s flow”, ‘’The answer is no’’,”My father writes to my mother”, this stories are related in cultural by they all becoming a rebel. Like for example The story my father writes to my mother there village didn’t respected women . They all have this types of rules, and if you talk to your wife other people “guys” will be mad or feel anger and be ashamed at you because you’re not suppose to show affection to

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