The Strength of Maternal Love: A Close Reading and Feminist Analysis of Zarghuna’s Journey in A Bird with One Wing

Abstract

This research paper on the maternal feminism of A Bird with One Wing uses the maternal feminism of Catherine Beecher and the Francine Prose Close Reading Model to addressing the maternal feminism and struggles against such kind of societal and war oppression. The extreme level of care Zarghuna shows to her son who has Down syndrome goes against the odds and, eventually, transforms the meaning of being a mother into a form of moral courage. The following paper examines how being a mother challenges Zarghuna culturally since it undermines the patriarchal society using maternal feminism as presented by Beecher. The writer analyzes the ways of rebellion, the muted prayers of Zarghuna, and the muted protests, by taking the help of the Francine Prose Close Reading Model. Overall, what comes out in the research is that maternal love is transformational, women are powerful despite the male oppression, and it is a sophisticated text on maternal feminism and the power of resistance within the patrilineal system.