Firdaus loses her last grain of virtue. In doing so, she realizes the truth of her society. Seeing what a woman is and does in Egypt, her home country, she sees the only way out of this situation. Firdaus, through his desire to become a human being who is not viewed with discontent; she discovered that a prosperous prostitute was better than a misled saint. Throughout her life, Firdaus suffered the abuses her society inflicted on women. First, her father didn't treat her badly, but the same way his daughters had always been treated. From a young age, Firdaus was forced to accept that her status in society should never surpass or equal that of a man, and that she was there to help man live more effectively. The way in which she lost the ability to enjoy sexual activity shows the goal. It would have been a mistake for her to experience the pleasure she gave a man. But his uncle allowed him to see differently: Firdaus acquired an education and saw the immorality of the way women were treated. Her life taught her that whether in marriage, as a daughter, girlfriend, or niece, all women were prostitutes in some way. Firdaus' father perceived her as a pimp, knowing how to exchange his virgin daughter for a dowry when there was still time. Her uncle had taken her to give her an education, only to mistreat her, without letting her see how rejected he would be in a different society. Gradually, Firdaus's experiences with men became similar. Failed attempts to find love and feel pleasure merged into a mass of suffering and feelings of pain for all... middle of paper ... for one or another man, his society would qualify as criminal. . She defended herself by saying that the man's actions justified his actions. Among the other criminals Firdaus encounters throughout her life is her husband, Mahmoud. His role is not so much criminal as that of some others. He is simply fulfilling his role as the lawful husband of Firdaus. He exercises his rights under his original society to do what a husband is supposed to do, and Firdaus is supposed to comply. What made him a criminal in Firdaus' eyes was that he was blind, like most men, to the world beyond the borders of their closed society. Firdaus had the opportunity to see over the walls erected by those in higher authority, those who are men..