the paper for i-prose

1. FEMINISM IN THE GIRL WHO CAN
BY AMA ATA AIDOO
BY BERLIANA AYU

2. ABSTRACT
In this writing, the writer aims to analyze The Girl Who
Can by Ama Ata Aidoo. The purpose of this writing is to
determine the feminism in the short story. The theory
and method used in this writing are feminism theory
and textual method. The feminism theory is used to
find out the feminism aspect in The Girl Who Can. In
conclusion, the feminism in this short story becomes
an important theme that creates the issue in the story.
Keywords: intrinsic, feminism, theme, Ama Ata Aidoo

3. CHAPTER I
Introduction
1.1. Background of the Study
Samuel Coleridge described prose as “Words in their best order,
where poetry is the best words in the best order. “ Prose includes
different genres of fiction such as mystery, action, romance and
others. Prose also includes non-fiction such as news papers,
magazine, etc. the writers choose to analyze The Girl Who Can
which will focused on the feminism as a theme in the short story.
I.2. Purpose of the Study
a. To analyze the theme in The Girl Who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo
b. To appreciate Ama Ata Aidoo’s literary works
I.3. Scope of the Study
The scope of this study is to analyze the intrinsic element in The Girl
Who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo. In this study, the writer chooses to
analyze the feminism as the theme in Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Girl Who
Can.

4. CHAPTER II
The Author and The Synopsis
II.1. The Author
Ama Ata Aidoo, in full Christina Ama Ata Aidoo (born March 23,
1942, Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond, Gold Coast , Ghanaian writer
whose work, written in English, emphasized the paradoxical
position of the modern African woman.
II.2 The Synopsis
The Girl Who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo is a short story about an
African little girl who lives in a traditional society. Adjoa, the central
character fights against female’s right in the society she lives in
because she has imperfect physic. Her grandmother and her
neighbors keep underestimating her although her mom supports
her because her mom doesn’t want her to regret her past like her
mother does.

5. CHAPTER III
Discussion
III.1. Feminism in The Girl Who Can
In The Girl Who Can, Adjoa struggles to fight for her
rights as a girl. Society where she lives in doesn’t
believe that women should go to school and express
their opinions. “You see how neither way of hearing me
out can encourage me to express my thoughts too
often?” page 12 and, “ School is another thing Nana
and my mother discussed often and appeared to have
different ideas about.” Page 15. At the end of story,
Adjoa wins the running competition and finally
succeed in proving everyone especially Nana that she
can be powerful and worth to be proud of despise her
physical condition that counts as imperfect for a girl.

6. CHAPTER 4
Conclusion
Ama Ata Aidoo wants us to see that
stereotypes of woman which created by
society has to come to an end. For many years
women had lived a life according to society’s
perspective that women are weak and inferior
to man. How Adjoa finally opens her
grandmother’s heart shows that woman’s
movement is possible and woman also can be
as successful as man.

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• Ryan, Barbara. 1992. Feminism and the Women’s
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• Britannica.com. Ama Ata Aidoo. Accessed on 29th May,
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ama-Ata-
Aidoo