Fruit of My Woman
Short Story
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Han Kang
Fruit of My Woman Main Texts
Part - 1It was late May when I first saw the bruises on my wife’s body. A day when the lilacs in the flower bed by the janitor’s office sprayed out petals like severed tongues, and the paving slabs at the entrance to the senior citizen’s centre were clotted with rotting white blooms, trampled beneath the shoes of passers-by. The sun was almost at its zenith. Sunlight the colour of a ripe peach’s f...
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Fruit of My Woman Characters
The Husband: He is the main narrator and observer of the story. At the beginning, he appears as an ordinary, working, and practical man. When his wife begins to change, he becomes confused but fails to understand her inner world. He loves her, but his love is confined within habit and control. His wife’s transformation into a tree appears to him as a strange mixture of reality, fear, wonder, and e...
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Fruit of My Woman Key Facts
Full Title: Fruit of My WomanOriginal Title: 내 여자의 열매 (Nae Yeoja-ui Yeolmae)Author: Han Kang (1970–Present)Language: South KoreanEnglish Translation: Deborah Smith Written Date: Around 1996 Published Date: 1997 in Literary Joongang (South Korea) ✪✪✪First Collected In: Fruit of My Woman (Short Story Collection, 2000) Genre: Symbolic Psychological Short Story ✪✪✪Form: Modern Pro...
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Fruit of My Woman Literary Devices
PersonificationDefinition: When non-human or inanimate objects are given human qualities or behaviors.Example: “The lilacs in the flower bed by the janitor’s office sprayed out petals like severed tongues.”Explanation: Here, the flowers are described as if they are alive, tearing out their own tongues. Nature is portrayed as feeling pain and reacting like a human being.Effect: This personification...
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Fruit of My Woman Quotations
“Deep bruises mottled her back and stomach.” – (The Fruit of My Woman, Part 1)Explanation: The husband first notices dark marks on his wife’s body. These bruises show her hidden pain and the beginning of her strange change.“Her entire body was dark green.” – (Part 6)Explanation: When the husband returns from his trip, he finds his wife fully changed. Her green body shows that she has become one wi...
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Fruit of My Woman Summary
Part 1 – The Discovery of Bruises: The story begins in late May. One morning, the husband notices some bluish marks on his wife’s body. Sunlight fills the room; everything is calm. They are reading the newspaper together. Suddenly, the wife says the bruises are not fading. The husband ignores her words at first. But when he looks at her body, he is shocked. Her back and stomach are covered with da...
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Fruit of My Woman Themes
Alienation: The story shows a deep sense of distance between human beings and nature. The wife feels suffocated in the concrete life of the city. Though surrounded by people, she is completely alone. Even her husband fails to understand her. This loneliness pushes her further away emotionally. The mechanical rhythm of urban life separates her from her true self. Gradually, her body and mind become...
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