B.A. FIRST YEAR THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY CHAPTER- 9 BREAKING OUT BY MARGE PIERCY NOTES
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MARGE PIERCY
Marge Piercy A Well Known Novelist And Poet Was Born In USA In The Year 1936. During Her Childhood er Family Went Through Very Difficult Times Due To Post War Depression. A Long And Severe Slump In The Nation Economy. Marge Piercy Studied At University Of Michigan. She Has Been Involved In Various Movements Such As Civil Rights, Feminism And Ante Vietnam War.
Breaking Out
The Narrator Recalls Her First Political Act She Calls It Political Because It Is The First Act Of Rebellion Against The Oppressive Forces Of Which She Is A Victim And Her Consciousness Of Her Rights To Set Herself Free. The Girl Child Is A Victim Of Physical Abuse She Is Often Beaten Badly By Their Parents. A Machine Known As Mangle Used For Ironing Damp Clothes. She have to iron on sheets, towels and some under garments or her father.
The Narrator Feels That An Unnecessary Amount of Clothes Were Expected To Be Ironed. The Narrators Mother Is Over Burdened With Daily Chores.The Narrator Did Not Like To See Your Mother Daily Removing The Industrial Waste That From Deposit In Her Home From Neighbouring Factories. There Was A Heavy Wooden Yardstick With Which The Narrator Was Bitten By Her Parents. It Is Possible That Economic Pressure Prompted The Parents To Pour Out Their Frustration On The Girl Child In The Form Of Corporal Punishment.
The Poet Highlights The Theme Of Violence Against The Girl Child And The Question Of Human Rights. The Narrator Used To Examine The Red And Blue Marks Imprinted On Her Back By The Beating And The Thinking Of Becoming Free When She Grew Up One Day At The Age Of 11 She Smashed The Stick To Pieces After a beating. She Could Hardly Believe That The Instrument Of Her Punishment Was Weaker Than Her While The Young Girl Survived Many Beating The Rod Was Broken. The Act Of Smashing The Road Into Pieces Was The Significant And Symbolic One. Through This Act Of Defiance She Stood Up For Her Rights. This Was Her First Political Act Whereby She Asserted Right As A Human Being