Non-Evening At The Club

So much has changed from when women had no authority or freedom. In present days women can be happy with the marriage that they have, but before it was ultimately different. “Another Evening at the Club” the short story by Alifa Rifaat, talks about how men would control what is happening in the house and between the married couple. Budge Wilson also discusses this situation in his story “The Leaving” and how the men order the women to what they can and cannot do in and out of the house. While the men believe they control everything, the women have thoughts about equal rights and also being able to give there opinion.

The husband in “Another Evening at the Club” does not want to be with a girl that the townsfolk think of as poor, so he tells her to “tell people you’re from the well-known Barakat family and that your
“Ma. Why are we leavin’?” (wilson, 1990, p.1). Elizabeth, the wife, was unhappy with the way she had to do all the work so she decides that she would like to go to halifax. As well as her leaving she also takes Sylvie with her because if elizabeth leaves it means sylvie is the only other girl or lady of the house so she would do all the work. Instead of talking to the husband about doing all the work she just ignores it and leaves the situation for three days. “Another Evening at the Club” tells a similar part in its story when Abboud Bey says “why don't you go and change quickly while i take the car out? It's hot and it would be nice to have supper at the club!” (Rifaat,1983, p.261). Not only is the wife unhappy but she also takes orders from the husband because she has nowhere else to go