Hesitating, Lost, Reborn: Analysis of Female Images on “When We Were Orphans”

Authors

  • Zixu Luo School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China
  • Peifang Zhang School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22158/jecs.v8n2p59

Abstract

“When We Were Orphans” is a novel written by Ishiguro Kazuo, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the novel, Banksy’s mother Diana, his girlfriend Sarah, and his adopted daughter Jennifer are representatives of different female types. Based on feminist literary criticism, this article interprets figures of the three females with distinct personalities and reveals the inevitability of their fates.

Author Biographies

Zixu Luo, School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China

School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China

Peifang Zhang, School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China

School of Foreign Language, Hubei University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, 430068, China

Published

2024-05-10

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024)

Section

Articles

Copyright (c) Zixu Luo, Peifang Zhang

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