Ashina Becoming an Independent Woman Creative Essay by Nicky

This paper tells the story of the teenager Ashina who, at the insistence of her American teacher mother, had to come to the U.S.A. from Saudi Arabia after her father was killed. Ashina adored her father who taught her the dependent role of women in the Arabian Islamic culture, which she did not question. Next, the author relates the problems faced by Ashina until she met a friend who taught her that in America women even have a choice about their religion and husbands. The paper concludes that Ashina learned to accept her new culture and even to be happy in her freedom to choose her own life.