![]() ![]() The mood then shifts to bittersweet triumph. Because of the events Firdaus details, the mood for the bulk of the novel is disheartening, until Firdaus breaks free from fear. Although Firdaus is telling the psychiatrist and the reader about horrific events, she is a calm and collected storyteller, and she takes pride in the life she led before being incarcerated. Thus, as the reader finishes the psychiatrist’s section of the novel, the mood is anticipatory.Īlternatively, the tone in Firdaus’s section is calm, reflective, and confident. The psychiatrist desperately wants to meet with Firdaus, and the reader feels the rollercoaster of emotions the psychiatrist experiences as Firdaus first refuses, and then agrees, to meet her. 20 th-century African feminisms, under different names and descriptions, generally advocated a moderate approach to gender relations, refusing to exclude or stigmatize men. The tone in the psychiatrist’s section is investigative and urgent. Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi, has been neglected by African feminist commentary, probably because of its radicalism. ![]() This difference serves a stylistic and structural purpose because it helps to characterize the psychiatrist and Firdaus. The tone and mood of the psychiatrist’s section of the novel are different from the tone and mood of Firdaus’s section. ![]()
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