Freedom In The Story Of An Hour

Bob Marley once said “Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” Freedom; a two syllable word that means so much.What is freedom; for many freedoms is the ability to act, speak, or think with no consequences. Around the world people are fighting for their own freedom; in the story “ The Story of an Hour,” you have a woman who finds freedom from her husband. You also have Naheed Mustafa, who talks about how she felt wearing her hijab in society. Bob Marley’s quote can be so relatable no matter what type of freedom you are fighting for. Many of us rather die fighting for our freedom, than to feel like a prisoner. For instance, in the story “The Story of an Hour” you have Mrs. Mallard, seeking for her freedom. She seems to have the stereotypical life that most expect for a woman, to get married and become a housewife. One day, Mrs. Mallard’s sister told her tragic news, Mrs. Mallard’s husband died in an accident. Naturally, Mrs. Mallard began to cry because of her husband’s passing, but when she started to think about it, she finally felt free. She started to think of all the things she can now do because her
She talks about how women are objectified and seem imperfect. She goes on explaining that most people do not understand why she wears one. Since she can have all the freedom of wearing whatever she would like it; the hijab is her freedom. She is able to walk around without people thinking to themselves if she is beautiful or not. People do not care how a women looks like if they can not see her. She proves her point when she stated that regardless of what the western world thinks. Her religion taught her that women and men are equal, they should not be judge because of their gender. She strongly believes that the hijab takes away the criticism that people have that women that do not wear the hijab