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The perception of exile is affected by political historical societal generational

The perception of exile is affected by political historical societal generational cultural and economic factors The geography of a nation geopolitical features and other individual issues also determine the predominance of exile This paper will compare and contrast the representation of exile in the novel Breathe Eyes and Memory and the novel Season of Migration to the North This comparison and contrast will highlight the different perspective scenarios and environment that cause exile among the members of the society In particular it will highlight how the authors narrate the cause and source of exile as well as the narrative used to depict the exile The relations of each literary work to its historical and political context will also be highlighted The paper will use Edward Said s theory of Orientalism from Reflections on Exile to compare and contrast exile in the two literary works The novel Breathe Eyes and Memory is a novel that depicts the historical and cultural perspective of Haiti women being subjected to practices that subject them to the societal expectation to live to their sexuality Danticat 22 It has outlined the sexuality prejudice discrimination male chauvinisms sexual violence and marriage as key issues facing women In the long run Sophie manages to free herself and sees the complexity the evil and good of the political historical cultural societal generational and sexual relationships that are central to her life 



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