Graphic Organizer-Lesley-4/23/2010

A large portion of this reading focused on the disobedience and punishment of women in this society and it told the story of two women that were involved in this vicious cycle. The cycle begins with the women often not being allowed to marry the one they love, or being forced to marry a man who they do not love. Either situation leads to the woman being unhappy and to feeling some sort of dislike towards their husband. Many women in this situation choose to be an obedient wife even though it makes them unhappy, others choose disobedience. These women may decide to continue seeing the man they truely love and have an affair, but many of them get caught which leads to often severe punishment. Many women who are caught having an affair are beaten and in some cases even killed if the family chooses. This forces the husband to find a new wife which only takes the possibility of love away from another woman and allows the cycle to continue.