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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion
Based on the Analysis and Findings in Chapter IV, the writer concludes that there are similarities in motifs found in the two novels as well as the differences. The
conclusions are presented into tables dividing similarities and differences of oppression portrayed in Woman At Point Zero and Celia, A Slave as well as elements
of the novel; looking at the plot, setting of place, characters, point of view, theme, and motifs. Both novels also showed that the women characters faced individual
oppression, collective oppression and institutional oppression.
a. The Similarities and Differences of Elements of the Novel
Throughout the analysis the elements of the two novels that the writer comes across are listed below. These elements found in the two novels show how they differ
and similar to each other. 1.
Both novels, Woman At Point Zero and Celia, A Slave have linear plot. Both stories did involve a flashback of events, however, the stories were moving
through series of events. 2.
The two novels were taken in different places. Woman At Point Zero takes place in Egypt whilst Celia, A Slave took place in America.
3. Main characters of both novels were women; however, they have different
characteristics that Firdaus of Woman At Point Zero is a prostitute whilst Celia of Celia, A Slave was a slave.
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4. The character of man role in Celia, A Slave was her master whilst Woman At
Point Zero involved her father, her uncle and several men from the society. Therefore, both novels showed difference regarding the man role.
5. Woman At Point Zero was written in the point of view is first person, but since
the story is Firdaus’s story as told to Nawal El Saadawi, it seems as though there are two narrators: first Nawal, and then Firdaus. However, Celia, A Slave was
written in third person. 6.
Both novels have similar theme which is nature of power, women always the victim and no freedom.
7. Both novels have similar motifs which are women oppressionexploitation and
men’s desire.
The writer represents the listed elements into a table to look at the similarities and differences in easier and clearer way.
Table 1
Elements of the Novel
Woman At Point Zero Celia, A Slave
1 Plot
Linear Linear
2 Setting of Place Egypt
America 3
Characters Prostitute; Woman
Slave; Woman
4 Character of
man role Her father, her uncle and
several men of the society high-class man, princes and
pimps The master and Celia’s
lover, George
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5 Point of View
First person Third person
6 Theme
Nature of power; women as the victim; no freedom
Nature of power; women as the victim; no freedom
7 Motifs
Women oppression and men’s desire: is clearly shown in the
novel as Firdaus struggles to resist the physical, verbal as
well as mental abuse by the men’s role; her father, her
uncle, the men in her society as well as social institutions like
education, law and high-class authorities.
Women oppression and men’s desire: is clearly
shown in the novel as Celia struggled to resist
the physical, verbal as well as mental abuse by the
men’s role; her master, her lover and social
institutions like slave community and law of
Missouri.
b. The Similarities and Differences of Oppression Based on Its Levels