The mood then shifts to bittersweet triumph. Because of the events Firdaus details, the mood for the bulk of the novel is disheartening, until Firdaus breaks free from fear. edition (1 December 1984) Genre: Creative non-fiction The darkness lightens as our eyes become accustomed to it Suffering is inevitable and silence is the medium we choose to direct our pain. Although Firdaus is telling the psychiatrist and the reader about horrific events, she is a calm and collected storyteller, and she takes pride in the life she led before being incarcerated. Woman At Point Zero Author: Nawal El Saadawi Publisher: Zed Books Ltd 2nd ed. Thus, as the reader finishes the psychiatrist’s section of the novel, the mood is anticipatory.Īlternatively, the tone in Firdaus’s section is calm, reflective, and confident. The psychiatrist desperately wants to meet with Firdaus, and the reader feels the rollercoaster of emotions the psychiatrist experiences as Firdaus first refuses, and then agrees, to meet her. The tone in the psychiatrist’s section is investigative and urgent. This difference serves a stylistic and structural purpose because it helps to characterize the psychiatrist and Firdaus. The tone and mood of the psychiatrist’s section of the novel are different from the tone and mood of Firdaus’s section.
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