She then suppresses her femininity by wearing the veil. She lives by Islamic rules and tries to protect herself from the male gaze. This causes her role as an educator to become very limited because she is seen primarily as a domestic being. Her skills as an educator are not taken seriously and precisely because she claims her rights in public life, the people of the village see her as a threat to the village. Finding himself in an impossible position, Ferdie seeks comfort in little Munise. Adopt this little girl who runs away from domestic abuse and become a surrogate mother for her. Despite the objections of the villagers, Feride rebuilds her life and Munise in the small house above the school. In this way, she challenges her oppressors and rejects the subordinate role they try to place her into. Some women in the village support her cause and she gains territory among her kind by refusing to live by the rules dictated by men. The author's character Feride goes through many degrees of oppression and suffers from the limited possibilities for women and sees an opportunity for survival for the woman. Feride appears as an oppressed woman, but leaves the village as a strong army commander. He realizes his goals and achieves self-realization and self-respect at the end of his long struggle against conservative mail order. She thus rises to the rank of heroic woman, an ideal Turkish woman, who represents the new independent woman of modern Türkiye.