![]() Handful plays a vital part in Sarah’s struggles and the subsequent victory over her condition. I also compare and contrast the physical and mental enslavement of the two women. The features of a Bildungsroman examined are: the protagonist’s psychological and moral growth, experiences that change the protagonist’s perspective, struggles, hardships faced in leaving home and on return, introspection and most importantly, attaining ultimate maturity in the end. I explain how the author uses the genre to depict Sarah’s growth into a confident, vocal woman who campaigns for racial and gender rights. I will examine the psychosomatic growth of Sarah as the novel begins when she is of eleven years old and ends in her adulthood. ![]() ![]() This essay focuses on her life and pin-points the different parts of the story where the features of Bildungsroman are evident. The story is told from the first person point of view, with Sarah and Handful alternating, but Sarah can be considered the protagonist of the novel as she seems more prominent and dominating in the pages of the book. ![]() I analyze the different incidents in the novel that portray the features of a Bildungsroman as well as the characters mental and physical enslavement. The purpose of this essay is to analyze how the novel ‘Invention of Wings’ can be seen as a Bildungsroman in the author's portrayal of Sarah’s and Handful’s struggle against mental and physical enslavement. ![]()
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