Pilate is a loving, selfless, independent African woman. Yet with all her gifts and talents, the American society ostracizes her for the most trivial reasons.
Ruth on the other hand, is surrounded by the American dream, and smothered by it. Both her husband and father have the wealth associated with it, yet she is completely miserable. Together they represent two distinct type of women sharing the same plight. The oppression of female identity by American society.
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