What I find brilliant in this novel is the manner in which it is narrated to us. It certainly isn't the only work of art that tells its story through a non linear path, but it is one of the successful ones. Similar to the movie "Pulp Fiction" it tells us a story through a variety of characters and locations, but sticks with one theme. The main subject of this book is Totalitarianism, also known as a form of government where power is very unbalanced and usually unfair regimes reinforced by leaders and their workers. In this case, the leaders are known as "The Duvaliers" and the workers are the dew breakers. They're known as torturers who break into their victim's houses early in the morning. The way it was written was surely the correct way of telling the story.

     Another ironic feminist literature piece where the wife finds peace when the husband is not there to control her life. However, there was no sexism involved in this short story. We have to take into consideration that when this was written, it was the norm that the husband would be telling his wife what to do all the time. Kate Chopin made a clever trick into sneaking feminism by showing us how limited women are without us even noticing. To the naked eye, the story reads as if the wife died of how happy she was to finally approach death, but if you dig a little deeper you'll realize that the joy she receives isn't from the sweet release of death. Instead, it's the sweet release from her husband. 

     Chopin sneaks this message through her story because she doesn't even make it so that the protagonist was happy for her husband's death.  She shows the woman mourning at the begging, it was not until halfway into the story where the woman realizes all the benefits she is granted by not having a husband. It was not that she did not care for her husband, it was that she desired the freedom to do whatever she wants as a human being more than her husband's life. It's almost a passive aggressive comment towards men's control over their lovers back in 1890's, but in short story form. At the end  of the story, the woman officially dies because she realized her husband wasn't actually dead, meaning that all the freedom she just fantasized about was all a lie as well. Having such a weak heart, she died from the shock of going back to the woman she was before the false news of her husband's death.

'The Secret History of Wonder Woman,’ by Jill Lepore

     The theme here has become ironic. With such a strong start in feminism through art that inspired many people during the 1900s, one would think that we would be socially advanced at this point in our lives relating to sexism. However, the opposite is true. We seem to be going in reverse when it comes to treating the two genders as equal despite the amount of effort that has been made by so many feminist groups and leaders. 

     William Marston believed that women should and will rule the world someday. Yet, when we were given the chance to have a female elected as president, we neglected the offer. Instead, we replaced her with a man who represents the symbol that William was so against. It's almost as if there's something that's not allowing women to take control. In times when it seems there's about to be a change in gender role, we retract and make another mistake.

     With all that said however, I still believe gender equality is on it's way. Slow, but steady. After reading what Marston attempted to do by inspiring women through his art, I realized that we are going through the exact same phase again, only this time many female artist are voicing their opinions. Although it will take time until we might reach pure equality, we certainly are setting a route for the next generation to come and make it right.

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     - If I were to create a female super hero, I would give her any kind of entertaining features that all the other super heroes have. Whether they're shy or strong, it  doesn't have anything to do with the character's gender. I would first make an interesting character and then I'd assign his or her gender.