Role of Women in Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Essay -- Oranges Are N

Role of Women in Oranges Are Not The Only increase In the novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, by Jeanette Winterson, closely of the important, decision-making, characters are female. Jeanette, the female protagonist, is greatly influenced by her spawn, a strong, overbearing, eccentric woman, and by Elsie, a prominent member of the family parish who becomes Jeanettes only friend and closest confidant. Elsie and Jeanettes mother act as polar forces in Jeanettes life, with the mother encouraging crushing of unholy or unnatural feelings and thoughts, and Elsie encouraging expression of feelings and accepting unrivaledself for who one really is. Jeanettes mother, referred to by name only once in the novel, is in all probability the second most important character in the book, outdone only by the protagonist herself. She acts not as a role model, but as an example of what not to become, of a lifestyle to reject. Throughout the book, Mother encourages retrenchment of feelings she defines as unholy by way of personal example and by her attempted repression of Jeanettes homosexuality. An...