REPRESENTATION OF ASIAN WOMEN‟S PERSEVERANCE IN JASMINE BY BHARATI MUKHERJEE AND THE RULES FOR VIRGIN BY AMY TAN

Abstract

Everyone must have difficulties in order to pursue their dreams, but at the end of
the day, it all depends on how we react and take new actions as the next step to
going through our problems. As experienced by the character Jasmine in the
novel entitled Bharati Mukherjee and Violet in the novel "The Rules for Virgin" by
Amy Tan.Both authors give examples of the main characters in women figures
who have a lower degree and a mindset that can be underestimated by men. Now,
they bring a new nuance from a female main character who is portrayed as a
person who is diligent, willing to learn and strong in facing all obstacles to reach
their dreams.Not only in literary works, even in the real world, a problem is not
only owned by men, but women can also experience it even in unexpected levels of
difficulty. Obstacles and problems in life are the processes that must be faced by
every human being to be able to achieve a better life. Some support from the other
people is also very necessary so that, we as humans can continue to live and we
can know that in living this life we are not alone.
Keywords: the main character, mindset, representation, the rules of virgin