Comparing The Year Of The Elephant And The Joy Luck Club
The two characters that I choose to compare/contrast are Zahra from The Year of the Elephant and Rose-mei Hsu from The Joy Luck Club. In comparison, the two women both experienced marriages that were completely dominated by their husbands. Zahra’s husband, Mohammad, had the ability to control or dictate Zahra’s every decision. Every decision Zahra made was with an effort to support her husband in any way. . During his arrest, Zahra had to make frequent visits that came along with whatever Mohammad required her to bring him. The visits to the prison were very extensive, but Zahra never complained because, at that point in her life, catering/satisfying her husband became her primary objective. With regard to evidence from The Joy Luck Club,