<>Week 4- Snow Flower v. Infidel

I was thinking about the similarities between Snow Flower and the Secret Fan in comparison to Infidel. Here's what I'm thinkin'.

SIMILARITY:

The men. It really is all about the men and how they treat and control and dominate the lives of the women.
(1) In both of the books, it is appropriate for the men to have multiple females that they sex with. In SFSF, most wealthy men who are land owners have one/two/three concubines depending on how pleased they are by their wives. In the book Infidel, it isn't uncommon for tradtionalist men to have two wives to help take care of each others kids. Plus, it's all about continuing the bloodline. Whatever it takes, right?
(2) There is a great value in having male children. Lily and Snow Flower go through all these rituals, praying to the gods, eating just so and such to ensure that their first born child is a boy, because that means that they will be taken care of for life. The same goes for Ayaan in Infidel, because of the importance of having produced a male determines how good of a wife one is.

DIFFERENCE:

Snow Flower and Lily do not challenge the ways of society. They are very accepting of the fate that has been predestined by a higher power. Both girls adapt to follow the will of a higher power.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali questions the way society is operated, about why women are so inferior to men and why women for example, must always be accompanied by a man to be noticed. Ayaan is not easily persuaded to just "go with it", but rather asking "WHY!?". Which does get her into trouble!!