Fruit of My Woman

Short Story | Han Kang

“As soon as I see the sunlight, I get the urge to take my clothes off.”

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As soon as I see the sunlight I get the urge to take my clothes off The line As soon as I see the sunlight I get the urge to take my clothes off is taken from Han Kang s short story The Fruit of My Woman This line shows the wife s deep desire for freedom and nature She feels trapped inside her thirteenth-floor flat in Seoul nbsp Her life is quiet lonely and lifeless When she sees sunlight something inside her wakes up She feels alive for a moment The sunlight becomes a symbol of warmth peace and freedom Taking off her clothes is not about shame or madness It is her way of escaping from the cage of the city and her marriage Her body wants to breathe again to touch the wind and light This act shows that her body and mind are changing She no

longer belongs to the human world of walls and rules She is slowly becoming one with nature nbsp This moment is the beginning of her transformation into a plant The sunlight gives her comfort that people could not give Han Kang uses this scene to show how the soul searches for freedom when life becomes too closed and cold It is a quiet act of courage pain and rebirth

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