Flowers in The Debris: The Struggle of Marginalized Women

Abstract

Ajeng is a little girl who suffers from depression because of demolition tragedy. One day, Iris approaches her because of her oddity but Ajeng behaves badly. They get to know each other after Iris persuades Ajeng laboriously. Iris meets Ipeh, Ajeng’s neighbor, who tells about her miserable past. Step by step the story reveals the background reasons why Ajeng act weirdly. Ajeng and her family is one of the demolition victims that his father's company did years ago. Ajeng’s father was died because of heart attack in the demolition day. Since the incident happened, her mother becomes a prostitute to give Ajeng the best life. Her jobs makes Siti often got thrown a mockery, her asthma relapses even her boyfriend, Denis, does a sexual abuse to Ajeng. That incident pushes Iris to cure Ajeng’s psychological state, and Siti Khalisa starts to live a new way of life.