Clarice Lispector Response

Lispector Response Clarice Lispector wrote a book called The Passion According to G.H. This book focused on main character named G.H; also G.H is a woman who grew up in rich background. Also, Lispector’s book focused a lot on what G.H was going through and her thoughts about the world. This book actually makes interesting comparison to Cixous’s work known as The Laugh of Medusa. Cixous wanted women to write for themselves. Also, Cixous wanted women to write the body as well. Lispector’s work satisfied Cixous’s demand about women’s writing. Lispector’s focus of her work is actually not only about the body of woman but also mentality of woman as well. Lispector’s book focused a lot on G.H’s mind and her thoughts about the world. Even the Lispector started off her book with G.H’s thinking in her head. According to Lispector, “I’m searching, I’m searching. I’m trying to understand. Trying to give what I live to somebody else.” (Lispector) This showed women trying to find out about themselves. Also, Lispector says, “If I confirm myself and consider myself truthful, I’ll be lost because I won’t know where to inlay my new way of being.” (Lispector) This part can be related to what Cixous’s demand, which is about women writing to set themselves free. According to Cixous, “I shall speak about
In Lispector’s book, G.H was struggled about the truth as non-sense and she was feared. G.H says, “But the truth never made sense to me. The truth doesn’t make sense! That is why I feared.” (Lispector) This part could relate to Cixous’s view about how women were restricted and oppressed by men dominated society. Lispector’s view of the truth was actually mean freedom of women. G.H was still afraid to express her desire of bodily freedom like any other women before. G.H says, “I feel a first freedom seizing me little by little. Since until today I never had so little fear of lacking good taste.”