Obstruction in the Feminine Relational Self in Michael Dorris’sA Yellow Raft in Blue Water
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The thesis entitled Dorris'sA Yellow Raft in Blue Waterexplores the obstructions male
female relationship and highlights males’ self-serving thought. It shows thatfemales share a
close rapport between and among themselvesand thatthe female relationship getsobstructed by
the advent of different male characters in their lives.The relationship among three female
characters moves forward with mutual understanding. But then the relationship of females is
obstructed by the presence of males. When the females understand that they always need each
other and the obstruction is created only from male presence, they again establish mutual
relationship among themselves.