The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
By reading the "The Red Tent", we can find that these book is based on the part where women gather during their cycles of their life. This book offers an insider's point of view at the daily life of a biblical alliance between wives and their mothers. Anita Diamant, presents Dinah as the little known daughter of Jacob and Leah, and the only sister to twelve brothers. According to a paragraph in the Old Testament, Dinah was raped and their brothers rescued her by killing all the men in the city. In the story told by Anita Diamant, Dinah becomes the narrator of the story, telling the story of the family of Jacob from her own point of view. Diamant's Dinah is the well-loved daughter of four mothers (the wives of Jacob). All of them were sisters at the same time, their names were: Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah. Most conflicting to the Old Testament account is the love between Dinah and Shalom, who according to the Bible was her rapist, and from whom her brothers rescue Dinah. According to Anita's Red Tent, Shalom was Dinah's true love, and was murdered, by her brothers Simon and Levi while sleeping next to her in their bed, by her brothers Simon and Levi. They also murdered Shalom's
The tent where the women retired each month to pass their menstruation, and the descriptions of their time spent celebrating this important rite for becoming a woman, and other daily customs, make this an original and inspiring story. In an age where family traditions are becoming more and more forgotten. The Red Tent honors women and their roles in life. . "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember. (Anita Diamant) Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah: "Giving me different gifts, cursing me with different fears." "Leah gave me birth and her splendid arrogance. Rachel showed me where to place the midwife's brick and how to fix my hair. Zilpah made me think. Bilhah listened. No two mothers seasoned her stew the same way." (Anita Diamant) As Dinah explains, her four mothers cherish and coach something different about her.
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Approximate Word count = 1751
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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