These tones and changes within the story are just one symbol of the importance of power.
As she indulges into the story of a woman who is on death row for killing a pimp, the tone slowly changes to cunning, shock, pain, fear and anger. Saadawi, however, ties woman’s captivity and the concept of power in a tremendous way.Įl Saadawi, in the beginning, exudes the tone of simple innocence. She goes on to say, “How many were the years of my life that went by before my body, and my self became really mine, to do with them as I wished? How many were the years of my life that were lost before I tore my body and my self away from the people who held me in their grasp since the very first day?”. Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, bind them in marriage and then chastise them with menial service for life, or insults, or blows.” In this quote, Saadawi symbolizes the deception and raw truth of those women whose only true possession is their mind and body. Saadawi goes on to detail the power of imprisonment as she says, “All women are victims of deception. Firdaus never truly had a free choice for herself within her childhood or adulthood as she was exploited by every single man she encountered. She is a symbol of oppression, vulnerability and imprisonment. Firdaus became a primary symbol to fully develop the theme of captivity. This suffocating feeling of being “jailed” is a main underlying theme throughout El Saadawi, Firdaus, and various other events. Captivity is defined as the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
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