She therefore suppresses her femininity by wearing the veil. She lives according to Islamic rules and tries to protect herself from the male gaze. This means that her role as educator becomes very limited because she is considered above all a domestic being. Her ability as an educator is not taken seriously and, precisely because she asserts her rights in public life, the villagers see her as a threat to the village. Finding himself in an impossible position, Ferdie seeks comfort from the little girl Munise. She adopts this little girl who escapes domestic violence and becomes a surrogate mother for her. Despite the villagers' objections, Feride earns her living with Munise in the small house above the school. In doing so, she defies her oppressors and rejects the subordinate role in which they attempt to impose on her. Some women in the village support her cause and she gains territory among her peers by refusing to live according to the rules dictated by men. The author's character Feride experiences many degrees of oppression and suffers from the limited opportunities of women and he sees an opportunity for survival for the woman. Feride appears as an oppressed woman, but she leaves the village as a powerful army commander. She achieves her goals and achieves fulfillment and self-respect at the end of her long struggle against conservative mail order. She thus rises to the rank of heroic woman, of ideal Turkish woman, who represents the new independent woman of modern Turkey..