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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis deals with Singaporean novel, The Bondmaid, which is written
by Catherine Lim. It tells a story about a girl named Han who is sold by her
mother to The House of Wu at the age of four as a bondmaid. After she lives in
the new house, her new life begins as she struggles for adaptation with the new
environment until she grows up and struggles for her honor as a woman and for
her love. One thing that interests me in choosing this novel is the main character,
Han. Here, Lim portrays her as a bondmaid, weak in position as a bondmaid tied
to her master and as a woman among the lustful male members in the household.
However, Han manages to survive living in such condition even she dares to be in
love with the young master, something that must be very hard for her to cope
with. In this thesis I want to analyze Han?s struggle as a woman and as a
bondmaid to reach her goal and how her struggle reflects the idea of feminism, I
analyze it from the point of view of power feminism and victim feminism.
Furthermore, after viewing her struggle I will compare Han?s struggle with the
other bondmaids? struggle to see how far Han?s action has reflected the idea of
feminism. From the comparison Han shows that her actions reflects more than the
idea of feminism than the others for she shows real struggle in reaching her goals
rather than just depend on luck or accidentally events to get better life like what
happens to the other bondmaids. Thus, Han can be considered as a feminist. She
struggles radically and moderately, both ways are the reflection of power
feminism and victim feminism. Moreover, from the analysis I want to show the
reader of my thesis that women?s struggle can be done in two ways like Han does.
How they manage to choose the way depends on themselves and the situation they
are in. They should be very clever in positioning themselves to their surroundings
so that they will choose the right way to act against their surroundings to reach
their goals.