Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones and Julia Alvarez’s In the Time

Edwidge Danticats The cultivation of swot and Julia Alv bezs In the Time of ButterfliesWe have all heard the saying, its a mans world. It appears that our world is g everywherened according to a mans perspective and thoughts as to how the world should be run, and women graciously bow d testify to this perspective and internalize those mannish supremacist notions of immemorial dominance. plane with this give awaymingly innate belief that men have, it is still apparent at times that there is another apparent horizon that is often glossed over and ignored in the pursuit of extreme power and superiority. In Edwidge Danticats The Farming of grind away and Julia Alvarezs In the Time of Butterflies, we are able to dismember society through the eyes of women who have had to endure life in these societies. These women offer a fresh perspective, and they twain challenge and assert the patriarchal fool that is most often contri onlyeed in discussion about civilised unrest. In the Time of Butterflies gives us a view of women who fought their own combat during unrest within their country. In fact, these women become famous because of what they do, and they create their own notoriety aside from being linked with a man. Farming of Bones gives us a view of a woman who has to endure grimness and trials within her society and still manages to survive. She survives, although her survival is contingent upon illusion, without a male by her side to support her or to dictate her life. Through these two novels, we are able to ascertain the feelings of the women in the midst of the struggles. Throughout the novel, we see the influence that Trujillo has over the womens actions for the simple fact that he is in charge. There is a domination that men have that seeps ... ...dered the backbone of society. However, both views are tainted by remnants of patriarchy. It does not appear that these two authors are able to present women without introducing th e male factor of society. While both texts present strong views that negotiate patriarchal nationalism and both texts consider the view of patriarchal society, it is apparent that Danticats novel gives a better view of the struggles from the true view of a woman. Alvarezs novel would appear to do so because it is in diary form coming from the direct mouths of women, but these womens stories are so tinged with the decisions that men have made over their lives that it appears that they have internalized patriarchal domination. Though Amabelles business relationship includes patriarchal tendencies, her story is more about her and her beliefs about the society that she is forced to live in.