The Causal Factors of Wartime Rape As Portrayed Through Character Kawsar in Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard Of Lost Souls

Abstract

The title of the research is The Causal Factors of Wartime Rape As Portrayed Through Character Kawsar in Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard Of Lost Souls. The objectives of the study is to find out the causal factors that contributed to Kawsar experience of wartime rape. The theory used for causal factors of wartime rape is by Susan Brownmiller within the realm of feminism. The results of the thesis is: Drawing on Susan Brownmiller's theory, the main causal factors behind the wartime rape are militarization, the utilization of rape as a weapon of war within factional or organizational conflicts, and gender inequality.