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My Sister, the Serial Killer
Women serial killers have become a relatively rare cause of cruelty and disgrace for human life primarily because analysis has found men to be much more violent in killing and murder. The traits of female serial killers, however, are significantly different from males’. Female serial killers tend to focus even more on their victims and usually build a degree of personal and emotional attachment. They also tend to be extremely organized in certain cases and may have a nice combination of emotional connection to the victims. The novel, My Sister, The Serial Killer shows how women could develop and commit violent crimes as serial killers. Korede and Aayola are two unlikable women who combine hands to bring down abusive women. They have the potential to do whatever they put their minds to as two female characters in the novel emerge to be powerful, evolving, and becoming stronger. Therefore, realizing and watching out the potential of the power that women hold is essential.
Women do not become serial killers to get what they want, but it is because, at most times, they are driven to it. Korede and Ayoola join forces to take down abusive men; however, in the process, Ayoola turns into a psychopathic killer who kills just because she can, or she feels like it. Ayoola commits the crimes at home, where she tends to kill people who are her partners. Korede, as a nurse, happens to be custom-made for the cleanup duties her sister Aayola leaves behind. Korende explains that “I only use it after scrubbing the bathroom with all traces of life, and death” (Braithwaite 10). Her sister Ayoola has an irritating urge to kill her boyfriends. And their relationship takes on the common features of the careless younger sibling who rarely cares about her conduct and the exploits she encounters because eventually, the caring elder sibling will take care of the mess. This is evident when Korede tells Aayola, “Perhaps a normal person would be angry, but what I now feel now is a pressing need to dispose of the body ” (Braithwaite 9). Korede is conscientious in every task, friendly in companionship, and dedicated to her nursing duties. Ayoola is the upsetting driving force that has greatly exacerbated many of Korede’s respectable character traits. Nevertheless, the author has skilfully overlooked the atrocities committed by Korede and instead keeps us focused on her merit. We want Korede to get out of these horrendous killings and find peace.
Both Ayoola and Korede have become victims of their situations, and have since been surviving off of the weaknesses of each other. Ayoola is infantile since Korede will always be there to defend her, and since Ayoola is infantile, Korede believes she should always defend her. They all play their parts, and although Korede hates the role she is compelled to play, she can hardly do without it. This is evident where Korede speaks out and says, “we are hardwired to protect and remain loyal to the people we love” (Braithwaite 123). Serial killing is an instrument for investigating how Ayoola uses her appearance to ambush these men. They don’t expect her to kill them, they don’t see it coming, and that contributes to an explanation of why Aayola’s partners let down their defensive capabilities. How we evaluate people has something to do with how they appear as individuals and how they handle themselves, forgetting that people hide their real selves. These women have evolved and can mask their imperfections from the public, “…but I’m not used to it. There never used to be much point in masking my imperfections” (Braithwaite 55). If you’re simultaneously holding yourself with some confidence, people will buy what you’re offering, and this is an aspect that Ayoola understood.
Korede seeks comfort in Tade, who works as a doctor at the hospital she works at. Tade is attractive and, of course, needs a companion. The best displays his real fatherly nature nowhere, but when he sings in his doctor’s office to comfort terrified children where he sings, ‘Mary had a little lamb’ in a lovely voice like an ocean (Braithwaite 40). The mother of the women rarely loses a chance to address how much of a great partner Tade would be. One surprise about the book’s setting is how many Austenian attributes the siblings and their household members divulge. Korede is particularly interested in getting married to Tade. However, Ayoola is mostly emotionally detached from the concept of marriage than her sister. Still, she undoubtedly works within the conventional heterosexual sense of finding a partner and with everything that it encompasses. Taking into account the inclination of Aayola to eliminate her gentlemen callers, Korede has other convincing incentives to make sure that Tade understands the game of Ayoola. This is evident when Korede says, “I have carelessly given this man the tools he needs to have my sister and me thrown into jail.”(Braithwaite 123)
Overall, like in other murder mysteries, the narrative of this tale is a framework for driving the protagonist to the edge. Braithwaite never misses an opportunity to present Korede’s impression of honesty, rationality, and commitment to a better way of life despite all the suffering she thinks Aayola brings to society. Ayoola’s negligence and oblivion exclude nearly no one, and her sister, Korede, is still left with the explanations that could end this agony for all except her sister. It does not count if not all the other characters in the novel accept or deny the allegations made against Ayoola. In this regard, Braithwaite sheds light on how things are changing. So the more we as a society can take into consideration the complicated reality of women’s interaction with violence, the more we will be able to combat crime.