Woman at Point Zero Lesson Plan

What decision does Firdaus come to regarding insults? What does this make you think about common insults in your culture?

When Bayoumi abuses her, he calls her names that insult her mother. In moments when Firdaus feels able to express her rage, she is unable to insult Bayoumi through his mother. “’Bayoumi, you son of a…,’ almost on the point of insulting his mother in the same way, but I held back the words on the tip of my tongue, realizing that this would be wrong. So, I resorted to insulting his father instead of his mother” (68). Firdaus realized that the violence against women was even embedded in the language. Students may also realize that the insults of their...