Isabel Allende: The Interesting Life Of A Raging Feminist

Feminist, an individual supposing, hoping, and challenging to reveal the essentialist arrogances that are being held upon the equality of women and to support the importance of a woman’s knowledge and viewpoints. Author Isabel Allende is known for demonstrating her vivid imagination in her novels through Feminist Literacy Criticism captivating her stories with significant historical events. Since her youth years, Allende easily recognized herself as a feminist. Obviously, this woman is eager and devoted to woman’s freedom. As stated in the article Isabel Allende: The Interesting Life of a "Raging Feminist" by Ellie Koczela, Allende beliefs were “women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this
Zarite is what someone can consider being an inside slave. She was the woman that was in charge of the house hold, also caring for Toulouse Valmorian’s wife, Eugenia and his son, Maurice. Valmorain took advantage of Zarite. From a young age Valmorain started raping Zarite, but there was nothing she could’ve done about it. Zarite knew that it was better than working in the hot field and having to deal with Prosper Cambray, a man that made obvious to disliking her. Zarite got impregnated by her master, her child is taken away from her, like a property. When Valmorain described Zarite giving birth as… As for someone Men can do whatever they want and there’s nothing that can be done about
His intention was to marry her to the highest bidder, someone who would lift both of them out of the misery in which their parents’ extravagance had left them… (pg. 26)
At the end, all that had work went to waste. Valmorain ended up losing the love and emotions that he felt for Eugenia, he only stayed with because he did not want to ruin his reputation and also he had no choice. Voodoo was extremely big in Saint Domingue. Tante Rose who pratices voodoo connects her roots from Africa to her practice. “At first Valmorain had mocked ‘those Negro herbs,’ but he had changed his mind since he learned of Dr. Parmetier’s deep respect for Tante Rose” (65). This comment caught my eye because why is that an individual wait for a male figure to admire her work for you to feel okay about what she does as a living. She was what you would consider to be the doctor of the island Saint Domingue. Tante Rose was the person that assists the slaves in when they are I need of medical. I know it was not something medicinal ways not commonly used or accepted by whites, with Dr. Parmentier serving as the