To start with, the use of female characters is to highlight the effect of marriage experiences women endure and how it leads to feminism. Under this, she talks of her will to find happiness, uses female characters and In the book, Mariama Bâ decides to portray different aspects of feminism that arise in response to the betrayal through the healing of Ramatoulaye. However, as the book continues, a feminist voice arrives in comfort and positive impact to her heartache. At the beginning of the book the diary, which happens to be the first letter written to Aissatou, gives the reader feelings of pain, emotional break-down and inner conflict faced by Ramatoulaye. In the book, Ramatoulaye shares her concerns, growth and recovery from the rejection of her husband with Aissatou, through various letters, in which she conveys her grievous journey of betrayal. Through the story the painful experience Ramatoulaye goes through, Mariama Bâ uses this novel to present cultural norms and social problems between men and women in Senegal. So Long a Letter, written by Mariama Bâ and published in 1979 is a novel that talks of an abandonment of a beloved husband which later affected Ramatoulaye’s life and commencement into feminist actions.
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