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Mother Comes of Age

r begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.In the second part of this novel the mother’s metamorphous is unmistakable. She becomes an activist for the war, and even attempts to confront one of the great generals. It is at this time that she relates the independence of Morocco with the independence of herself. She resents her husband’s control over her life and immediately stands up to him. She explains her unhappiness to him.“If my soul, by some stroke of a magic wand, emerged right here in front of me, I’d be the first one to be surprised. I wouldn’t be able to recognize it. I think it would look like an idiot child with a deformed head. I would say to it, ‘Push your ears aside so I can see your lovely eyes!’ My soul would look at me without saying a word, without a smile, without even comprehending me”(94).Her husband refuses to believe that she has rebelled against him without Nagib’s influence. She responds to this by asking “Was it Nagib who gave birth to me or I to him?”(95) It was with difficulty but her husband accepts his new wife. This empowers the mother to begin school, cut her hair, smoke, even learn to drive. She has become independent of her family. She has become her own person. The most impressive role our protagonist takes on is that of an activist. She travels to other towns to teach women about their repression and offers a way out of their isolation.The mother’s new interests result in a reversal of roles. She is now out of the home pursuing her goals. The men help to keep house and cook. They support her and her causes. Her husband realizes that his w...

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