On Fortune's Wheel | Social Sensitivity

Birle, the heroine of On Fortune's Wheel, carries a double burden: she is a member of the people who must obey the rulers, and she is a woman who must obey the men in her life. The titles of three sections of the novel emphasize her subservient role. She belongs first to the Innkeeper, then to the Philosopher, and finally to the Earl. Cynthia Voigt is a contemporary and successful woman, and she introduces the dilemma of establishing a woman's role as her heroine struggles against the limitations of her society. As the innkeeper's daughter, Birle resents the drudgery of her daily...

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