Through reading the novel Song of Solomon, I have learned that feminism can be interpreted in many different ways, not just one. Feminism can be when women become stereotypical women and act how society defines a women should act. But, it can also be when a woman who stands up for herself and acts the way she wants to act and is not perfect. I have also learned from the feminist lens that women should stand up for what they believe and they will be happier, but if they don not stand up for themselves and just do what society makes them do then they will have a unhappy life.
Feminism has appeared in the novel in two different ways. One way that we see feminism in this novel is through the character of Pilate. Pilate is a character who is not the stereotypical women. Pilate dresses that way that she wants to dress, not the way the she is supposed to, or the way that other people want her to dress. She also does want she wants, she lives alone and even though it is illegal she has her own job. Ruth is another character in the novel. Ruth is known as the stereotypical women. Ruth is a housewife which means, that she is always home, she does not have a job and she has to listen to everything that her husband says. Ruth is also very unhappy with her life because she feels empty and she tries to escape into a fantasy world by having a good relationship with her son and her father.
I think that this novel shows an important message because not only does this novel show woman standing up for themselves, but it also shows that all women are beautiful regardless of their race or skin color. It shows that females should not change their appearance to look similar to someone or to fit the “standard of beauty”. I think feminism is something very important and women should be treated equally as men even in novels. They should have the same amount of characters and not only have women as background characters.
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