When Ms. Dzeelfa introduced us to the story, “Sara and the Wedding” by Karim Roslan, I was excited to read a Malaysian-ized text by a local writer...been some time you know. But I was thrown into a very uncomfortable position in judging the main character-Sara. Man, she is one of a kind.
I would never imagine to what extent a woman would go in order to prove herself... and I went ‘OMG’ when she actually accused Karim for raping her. Can circumstances be so cruel that it actually forced her to do so or did the author purposely created this character in order to reflect the resemblances of women out there?
There are many questions that are bound to be answered or at least given more emphasis. Issues such as unmarried woman are desperate in terms of sexual needs and the author seems to be suggesting that marriage is the other half of women... Without it women seems incomplete.
At the begging, the author seems to highlight divergent perspectives on women, men and marriage but towards the end of the story, there are a lot stereotypical perspectives and actions being presented. Scepticism towards marriage institution and negative perception towards men seem to hog the story inside-out. Easily put, it all boils down to two things: Women need social security and men need sexual satisfaction and marriage seems to be the remedy.
I found out that this text was not really that Malaysian in terms of the values and messages that the author tries to put across... It’s universal and does not condone to the Malay culture alone. And this text is surely a must to be studied if I intended to do research on Malaysian Literature...
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