Question

In “Birthplace,” Saffarzadeh addresses the concept of shame in relation to her culture’s belief _____. in monotheism in life after death that children are bad omens that boys are better than girls

Answer 1

That boys are better than  girls is the answer

Answer 2

Answer:

That boys are better than girls.

Explanation:

Tahereh Saffarzadeh was an Iranian poet known as the poet of humanity. In the poem "Birthplace" she is critiquing the patriarchal mindset of the society who calls the birth of a girl as shame ("my mother's look of shame"), "a muffled voice announced". She represents the resentment towards the societal injustices that used to be faced by a girl child that fills her with rage owing to the confinement that she had suffered. Thus, she represents the cultural belief that boys are better than girls which she denies. She rejects her mother's inactivity to this injustice and seeks a new identity and life for a daughter.