Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Sandy, Ayu Sartika
Femmy, Dahlan
Vilia, Yusraini
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2023-08-02 01:50:51
Abstract :
In this paper, the writer analyzed about women subordination and struggle in
Afghanistan during Taliban regime which is described in The Breadwinner
Trilogy by Deborah Ellis. The novel captures the treatments which are
experienced by women characters as subordinate in Afghanistan?s society and
also they struggle through many efforts as forms of their resistant toward the
subordination. The analysis has two goals which are describing the women
subordination and women struggle. The writer uses Feminism theory and
historical approach. The technique that is applied by the writer is close reading to
gain understanding the structure of the novel. The writer finds four kinds of
treatment which is done to women. The first is being discriminated that consist of
lack of educational opportunity and lack of job opportunity. The second is being
disregarded in decision and opinion. The third is being controlled. They are being
controlled in their mobility and also appearance. The last experience is violence.
Furthermore, to resist from subordination the women struggle. The first is
establishing women existence that consists of running secret school and disguise
for job to earn money. The second is striving to be regarded that consist of making
decision for themselves and encourage women?s awareness through opinion. The
last is ignoring male?s authority. In conclusion, the Taliban had positioned Afghan
women in subordination. The subordination triggers the struggle of these women
to fight for the rights to be equal.
Keywords: Feminism, Subordination, Struggle, Taliban, Afghan Women