The two passages I have chosen correlate with each other. They assist the novel in telling why Marie is the way she is. The theme running through the story is the power of men over women in marriage. Marie Rogers, the main protagonist in Agnes Smedley's novel Daughter of Earth is disgusted by her father's actions. Her father asserts his dominance over her mother by threatening to beat her, and cheating on her with another woman because he can. He deserts his wife and family at months at a time after they have argued, and moves them to different towns without there consent. Her parent's marriage represents everything she does not want out of life. Mrs. Rogers is unable to lift her hands out of the soapy water because she is fatigued from working so hard and does not have the stamina to do anything else. Her mother is exhausted from the struggle to feed and clothe five children without much help from her husband. Marie sees that only a woman who makes her own money is free.
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