The writer, Che Husna Azhari highlighted several issues in this story and eventually uncovered some problems women encounter in the Malay society.What I don’t like about this story is, First and foremost,as Che Husna Azhari storied about the perception to see widowed women or any women without husband as threats or spinsters in the Malay society from the plot of the story when the village ladies visited the Imam’s house and talk bad about Mariah to Cik Yam. They reknockned that Mariah is the troublemaker in their village and accuse that she put ‘something’ in her nasi to attract customers. In old times, widowed or unmarried women had often classified as the weak group and need protection from men and therefore men offered themselves and provided protection through marriage (most of the time a polygamy marriage).
In my opinion,what i didnt like about this story are widowed woman shall not be regarded as a threat nor should she be seen as a spinster or a troublemaker. Such thinking and serious accusation should be eliminated from the mindset of every person. Besides, I personally disagree with the thought that women are weak and need protection from men. Today’s women are independent.
What i like about this story is Mariah are example of an independent women. She makes her own living by selling Nasi and depends on nobody but herself. She behaved just as normal as the others and was morally well kept too. Therefore, she definitely is not to be blamed as the culprit when husbands neglect their wives cooking at home nor she is to be seen as a weak person since she survived for years without a husband.
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