In As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, he argues that women should break the cycle of oppression through the juxtaposition of human vs. animal. Women have obligately fulfilled their duties as a wife and mother for various centuries, but it is time to unravel the cycle. Though they are human beings, they are treated more like animals in distant ways.
To begin, in the following quote Faulkner emphasizes the woman's role through the thought’s of Cora “A woman’s place is with her husband and children, alive or dead. Would you expect me to want to go back to Alabama and leave you and the girls when my time comes, that I left of my own will to cast my lot with yours for better and worse, until death and after?”(23). It is clear that even though Faulkner is stating the role of a woman within the society of 1929 he is also challenging the readers to think more significantly. Through his work choices of “husband and children” he means that those are the only things a women should worry about and nothing else. It is as if the children and most importantly the husband has complete possession and decision over the women. The woman is viewed like a pet, an animal that’s only purpose is to fulfill their family and husband’s pleasures. When Faulkner says “better and worse” he is…show more content… animal. It is a very critical situation that still occurs through religion or culture. It is still an issue around the world. I personally been a bystander of situations where the women are oppressed by their husbands or and father. Women around are still physically, mentally and emotionally abused. Where women are beaten by their husbands, having no say in financial decisions, not being allowed to go to school or even work. Though it is the 21st century and the United States has modernized in other countries the cycle of oppression is still
