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An Analysis Of Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres
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Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres tells a dark tale of a corrupt
patriarchal society which operates through concealment. It is a story in
which the characters attempt to manipulate one another through the secrets
they possess and the subsequent revelation of those secrets. In her novel,
Smiley give ....
Middle of essay ....e "good"; when they resist or even
question masculine authority, they are "bad." Rose complains, "When we are
good girls and accept our circumstances, we're glad about it....When we are
bad girls, it drives us crazy" (99). The women have been indoctrinated to
the point that they initially buy into and accept these standards of judgem
ent. The type of patriarchy described by Smiley simply serves to show the
inscription of the marginalization of women by men in the novel and in our
society.
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