Sunday, November 11, 2007

Sending letter to Koly - main character in my novel!!!

Dear Koly!!!
I'm Becky - a person wants to talk to you how my feeling is. Why did you decide to get married with Hari - strange boy? You didn't know anything about him. Although you had a too poor family, I think you shouldn't do that. You can have many choices that your family becomes better or richer. At least, you can help your family overcome difficulties. If I were you, I wouldn't do that because I was only thirteen. At that age, I could have many things to learn, to know, or to discover. Although you were forced to marry with Hari by your parents, I wouldn't obey my parents's force if I were you. At your period, I know you didn't have much power to be hostile to own parents, yet I will change that rule. I will persuade my parents in order that they can understand my opinion, understand my feeling, and understand my aspiration, which is hope that is allowed to go to school, is permitted to do whatever I like, just as boys in India are allowed to do. Why didn't you resist anything that is unfair or illogical between girls and boys in India? Although I see it's so difficult to change India's tradition, it's too unfair for Indian women. They weren't allowed to do anything they liked or wanted. They had to abide by many draconian formalities. Furthermore, women in India weren't permitted to get married with people whom they fell in love. On the other hand, you couldn't resolve anything. You were so pitiful because of your parents, and especially you became widow when you were only thirteen. Your difficulty haven't come to an end yet. Parents-in-law behaved you atrociously. They brought you to a strange place; nevertheless, they didn't disown and leave you at the place in which widows were permitted to live. I feel discontened with you, and I sympathize with your decision when you agreed to marry with Hari and agreed with parents-in-law's arrangement.
In brief, I'm sorry you were unlucky and poor girl because of your poor family, your strict country's rule, and imparity between men and women in India, which made your life become worse, which led to unfortunate widows, who didn't receive love they could be gotten from everybody in their society.

1 comment:

Gail said...

Good thinking, Becky! Gail