Feminism in The Power (2017) by Naomi Alderman

Abstract

This study focuses on Feminism in The Power (2017) by Naomi Alderman. It’s a qualitative study which deeply focuses on the text of The Power (2017) with its relation to the contemporary world. The theory selected for the analysis is Feminism which means to rise voice for the rights of women. It highlights the area where women are neglected, subjugated, and suppressed. The novel is the story of women who realizes some special kind of power in themselves. They get the power to emit electricity from their hands. In other words, this is the hour of need for women to realize their power and role in real world. It’s a call for them. In the novel, through these special powers, they are able to control, defeat, and subjugate their men-fellows in different fields of life. They start running the whole machinery of governments and vividly show that they have the capability to perform those acts which are only limited to male lot. This claim is already by real world politics where women have become even Prime Ministers of few countries. In this study, those elements are highlighted and analyzed which women perform in the novel and they show their desire to do that in real world as well. It does not seem from the plot of the novel that women are second or weaker sex and that is the focus of the current study as well. In a nutshell, this study focuses on women’s desire of complete freedom from their patriarchs and equality with men on each and every ground in real life and that is the cry of the day as well.