Honor Killing Forgiveness as Desire to Unleash the Myth of Honor Killing in A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

The Price of Forgiveness

Abstract

Abstract

The current study investigates forgiveness as desire to unleash the myth of honor killing through the documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. Moreover, it highlights Lacanian concept of desire reflected through the decisions of the main characters of the documentary. Additionally, it discusses the construction and deconstruction of the myth of honor killing through the insights of Roland Barthes. It further traces that forgiveness is not true in the documentary by discussing Derrida’s concept of forgiveness.  Chinoy won many national and international awards including Oscar. She discusses the sensitive issue of honor killing in the selected Oscar award winning documentary. The research focuses the phenomenon that honor killing cannot be resolved without eliminating forgiveness. It also brings into light that social pressures are contributory factors in increasing honor killing which make people puppet. In addition, it claims that honor killing cannot be associated with Islam and Pakistan as it has pre-Islamic history.