Sand Queen is the first woman narrative on war, we have read for class. In the book, we have the view of Kate, a woman soldier and Naema, a woman civilian within a war-devastated country. Kate faces a battle not only with the Sadaam Hussein and his supporters, but her own platoon in Camp Bucca. Kate is singled out by the other soldiers and the Iraqi people because she is a woman. In this book, we not only see the struggle a soldiers face in a foreign land but the struggles of women in a male-dominated field and country.
Kate and Naema shine an interesting light on the role of women in war outside of the medical capacity or comparison factor. I enjoy that this author choose to write about a woman soldier rather than a woman nurse or doctor. The choice of a soldier makes the story more interesting and powerful.
I agree! I found it more powerful reading from the perspective of a women as well. I was more engaged to read not only about the struggles she had to go through along with every other solider, but her added struggle she endured for being a women in her field.
ReplyDeleteBy writing this book from a female's perspective, I felt really connected to the narrator. I pictured myself in Kate's position and wondered how I would react. I was very engaged in this book, and I found it hard to put down.
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