Abstract
The study highlights the social and physical entrapments of women in two novels: Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. Both writers belong to two different cultures. Bapsi Sidhwa is a Punjabi, Parsi, Pakistani novelist while Arundhati Roy is an Indian Author. Regardless of their different cultures, they have discussed similar issues faced by women of their contemporary societies. This case study adopted exploratory research framework to gather data and undergo its content analysis from the text of two selected novels. The findings explicate that woman exploitation can be observed evidently among different societies irrespective of any culture, religion, caste or creed. In both novels, women are represented as shallow creatures and they are utterly victimized physically as well as emotionally. They are raped and beaten brutally by males being their unbidden masters. Sidhwa and Roy enlighten the plight of women in their novels, though slight elements of unjust maltreatment of the male characters can also be seen at many places.
Highlights
Feminist literature tells us about men’s behavior towards women, the lustful desires of males and the way they treat the women as sexual objects or for the fun as Aristotle says “woman is a deformed male”, woman as a sexual doll” (Ehsan et al, 2015)
Feminist analysis of the literature means analysis of the literature in order to understand the role of female in the society and allowing the reader to understand the society where she lives and comprehend the social changes around her. In this context, Ahmed (2009) stated that it is crucial for the literature to present the true picture of the society and social changes in a society
Many tales about the violence during the time of partition were described by Lenny; especially when Ice-candy man told the story of horrified scene which he witnessed while travelling from Amritsar
Summary
Feminist literature tells us about men’s behavior towards women, the lustful desires of males and the way they treat the women as sexual objects or for the fun as Aristotle says “woman is a deformed male”, woman as a sexual doll” (Ehsan et al, 2015). Authors of fiction use their rational, institutional, imaginative capacity; and experience to fabricate language that creates the cultural perspiration and interrogates the treatment which is received by frivolous women. They highlight male chivalry which treats them as inferior. In order to win undue accolades, they deviate from facts, distort cultural norms and demolish moral and ethical standards This becomes the true stance most among Pakistani post-colonial writers. The same patriarchy model compels the men to possess their masculinity
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