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Laura Pacelli Professor Sood Non-European Literature 13 September 19 Journal 1 Prompt #2 There are three women in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter that all combat infidelity in their marriages. Aissatou takes a stand, Ramatoulaye lets it happen, and Jacqueline allows herself to get mentally ill from it. In comparison, all three women have different values that they put first in their lives. These values, in turn, led them to each react differently to the same situation. Aissatou divorces Mawdo Ba for his infidelity. She values her independence over everything even traditions thus giving herself the ability to go back to school so she could take care of her children alone. Ramatoulaye valued tradition, religion, and family way too much the same. Also, Ramatoulaye comes from a better know family than Aissatou and she was more afraid to have that shame in her religion if she got a divorce, so she was forced to accept her cowife Binetou. Furthermore, Jacqueline was not strong enough to do what either of the two other women had done. She was not at all used to the traditions of the Senegalese and Muslim culture where men could have multiple wives. She valued loyalty in marriage and love. From a Protestant woman’s perspective, infidelity was not what she understood to be acceptable, so it drew her into a depression from the loss of this love. Therefore, the values these women put first indicate their fate even if the same event happened to them....