Self-image, self-esteem & adjustment phases of women victims in jean sasson's works Mehta Vijay, Associate Professor Languages and Communication Skills, Arni University, Kangra-176401 (H.P.)., India. Online published on 10 July, 2012. Abstract During the last two decades, the life of women behind the veil in Arabian Peninsula has been faithfully, graphically and vividly presented by many female writers, like Taslima Nasreen, Tehmina Durrani, Latifa, and American Jean Sasson. Immaculately, Jean Sasson has caught the very breath and nerve of women behind the veil in the Middle Eastern region where women are treated as mere possessions, objects of desire, and the basic human rights to women are a still a dream. The focus of this paper is to highlight the self-image, self-esteem and adjustment phases of women victims in Jean Sasson's works. As the voice of the Middle-East women, Jean Sasson has graphically, vividly and realistically portrayed the odyssey of women aspiring for self-image and self-esteem leading them to an independent life as women in other regions of the world is leading. Jean Sasson's heroines are not given their due share of self-esteem, yet they achieve a sense of adequacy, self-worth and self-expectations which are inextricably tied with how they performed their varied roles within their families and outside their families. Heroines in Jean Sasson's novels make a sincere effort to achieve their sense of freedom and equality with men at last by acquiring self image and self-respect in their respective societies. Top |