Independent The Description of Firdaus

knows personally the man in the picture. If fact, she does not know them all personally p. 9. Those experiences make her change from being a gentle woman into a revengeful woman. However, this character appears after she grows up. When she is adult, she realizes that she hates men. That is why she becomes revengeful. She knows well that she cannot do anything to save her life and other women from the men‟s authority. She realizes that everything around is under men‟s control. They control all aspects in daily life. They make rules which all of them are damaging the prestige to women. They do corruption to make them get richer and richer. They never think about others‟ life pp. 26-27. Firdaus‟ revenge is accidentally paid for when she kills a pimp. Her way in killing him shows her satisfaction to reply what she gets as men‟s authority. Since she has no courage to oppose men‟s arrogance and authority, she restrains the revenge into the deepest part of her heart. When there is a pimp who tries to control her life, she refuses. Therefore, when she kills him, she does it easily. His hand started to reach for the knife he carried in his pocket, but my hand was quicker than his. I raised the knife and buried it deep in his neck, pulled it out of his neck and then thrust it deep into his belly. I stuck the knife into his flesh, and pulled it out almost without effort. p. 104 By seeing all of those proofs, it can be said that Firdaus is revengeful to men. Firdaus cannot keep her anger to men anymore. Their bad treatment is the only reason why she kills a pimp. It is the result of men‟s arrogance and authority in the country, especially in her sexual experience. Their treatment makes her stay in the lowest part of her life for a while.

4.1.4 Smart

Living and growing up in a poor family does not make her give up her motivation to study. Although her family belongs to lower class, it does not make her lose hope. She wants to get the highest level of education. She thinks that by having a good education, guarantees her to have a better life. Therefore, she studies hard in order to be able to school up to the highest level. In fact, she cannot school up to the highest level of education because she comes from a lower class p. 10. Firdaus‟ uncle teaches Firdaus to read and write. He teaches her the alphabet and some verses in the Koran. He is smart and an educated man. He studies at El Azhar. After her parents‟ death, he takes her in his house in Cairo. There he teaches her many things pp. 13-14. She wants to go to school as her uncle does. She tells him that she wants to school in El Azhar too, but her uncle says that El Azhar is a school for men and that women cannot school there p. 15. It shows how enthusiastic she is to go to school. Fortunately, when she lives in her uncle‟s house, she is sent to school. When she is studying at school, she shown as a smart girl. It can be seen when she finds that she loves reading books, while the other girls are busy talking about their boyfriends p. 26. Firdaus finishes her study very well. It is proven by a secondary school certificate and certificate of merit that she has when she graduates. It is the second prove that she is a smart woman. It also makes her proud of herself because she can pass the school very well. Besides, she hopes that in the future she will have a good job. A respectable job, so no one will underestimate her since she comes