Nawal El Saadawis's Woman at Point Zero is short but intense novel revealing with details the struggle of Firdaus throughout her life and how the racism against gender as well as the harsh lifestyle of Cairo in the late sixties and early seventies are represented. By depicting the struggle of the main character as she goes through abusive male experiences and comes to the conclusion that there is no point in living in a World like the one she inhabited, one can understand how the role of women was extremely limited. Even though Firdaus was guilty of murdering her pimp, listening to her side of the story makes one realize that not only did she do it in order to protect herself, but also the fact that even the worst of criminals should deserve the chance to be heard.
             "I do not really feel she is a murderer. If you looked into her face, her eyes, you would never believe that so gentle a woman could commit murderer."(pgs.1-2) Saadawi's novel, like other works, does contain a reasonable amount of bias. The author was the assistant of Public Prosecutor and took an interest in Firdaus for the sole purpose of research. Saadawi herself was arrested in 1981 and that fact proves such fascination with a woman who was guilty in crime.
             "Murderer or not, she is an innocent woman [...]" (pg. 2). For the author to write about Firdaus with such conviction indeed they must have had similar personality traits. Opinionated statements, such as the two previous quotations, explain why the novel is written with passion persuading the reader to immediately feel pity towards the main character and believe that she was right despite the fact she was a prostitute and guilty of murderer.
             The creation of a person's character depends almost entirely on the education and family background. Those two factors will then decide one's choice of a future. Firdaus had a rough childhood where being poor made a difference but w...