The Road Less Traveled Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem are familiar names that epitomize the feminist movement. Although these women exist in flesh and bone, literary figures are also able to capture feministic personalities. In the novels Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, self-actualization is achieved through the female character’s development of independence, nonconformity, and courage. Given these attributes, a number of noteworthy women …showed first 75 words of 1327 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1327 total…the antagonist is distinguished, these shrewd women are able to overcome many predicaments, thus establishing their feminism. At the close of the novels, due to their courage, these feminists prove that they are capable living undomesticated lives regardless of how painful or demanding their journey is. Without compromising their standards, Clara, Blanca, Alba, Tita, and Gertrudis, are exemplary figures that finally find true happiness, while demonstrating how unconventionality can lead to a path of self-discovery.