so long a letter
The Strength of a Betrayed Women In the Islamic/Muslim religion husbands are allowed and sometimes even expected by their families to take more than one wife.
These customs may allow the taking of more than one wife, but it does not hurt the women any less. Betrayal hurts weather its custom or not. Tradition seems to force Islamic women into roles they have to accept rather than what they want out of life. This tradition probably causes some kind of emotional issues. Tradition is important, but as the world modernizes so will the newer generations. The new more modern women will find ways to overcome Polygamy.
Ramatoulaye betrayed by her husband Modou Fall, Ramatoulye shows strength, even through Modou breaking the rules of Islamic religion when he abandoned Romatoulye and the children; when a husband takes a second wife he must share equally, he denied her and the children of that so the reason for her staying in the marriage, basically, I believe she was torn between the traditions of her Islamic religion and the changes of the modern society. Ramatoulaye knows that in modern society she would be able to make a life for herself and her twelve children, because she watched her best friend Aissatou as she picked up the pieces of her life and moved to America, after she too was betrayed by her husband. Ramatoulaye was a devoted Muslim, but I think somewhere in the back of her mind she wanted to modernize her life style somewhat, but she did however realizes the difficulties that Islamic women face due to polygamy.
Ramatoulaye did not show a whole lot of anger toward her husband Moudo Fall until after he dies, and she begins her letter to Aissatou. The letter is supposed to serve as a memorial to the late Moudo; instead it became a letter of pain and betrayal. A letter that made Ramatoulaye realize something about her own life, like she does not need Modou Fall, she has been on her on since he took this younger wife Binetou,I think Ramatoulaye
These customs may allow the taking of more than one wife, but it does not hurt the women any less. Betrayal hurts weather its custom or not. Tradition seems to force Islamic women into roles they have to accept rather than what they want out of life. This tradition probably causes some kind of emotional issues. Tradition is important, but as the world modernizes so will the newer generations. The new more modern women will find ways to overcome Polygamy.
Ramatoulaye betrayed by her husband Modou Fall, Ramatoulye shows strength, even through Modou breaking the rules of Islamic religion when he abandoned Romatoulye and the children; when a husband takes a second wife he must share equally, he denied her and the children of that so the reason for her staying in the marriage, basically, I believe she was torn between the traditions of her Islamic religion and the changes of the modern society. Ramatoulaye knows that in modern society she would be able to make a life for herself and her twelve children, because she watched her best friend Aissatou as she picked up the pieces of her life and moved to America, after she too was betrayed by her husband. Ramatoulaye was a devoted Muslim, but I think somewhere in the back of her mind she wanted to modernize her life style somewhat, but she did however realizes the difficulties that Islamic women face due to polygamy.
Ramatoulaye did not show a whole lot of anger toward her husband Moudo Fall until after he dies, and she begins her letter to Aissatou. The letter is supposed to serve as a memorial to the late Moudo; instead it became a letter of pain and betrayal. A letter that made Ramatoulaye realize something about her own life, like she does not need Modou Fall, she has been on her on since he took this younger wife Binetou,I think Ramatoulaye
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