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Androcentricty In Things Fall
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The world in Chinua Achedes novel, Things Fall Apart, was a society in which males had control of everything, and the women had control of nothing. As wives, women were seen as property, rather than as partners to be loved and cherished. The men of the Ibo tribe usually married more than one wif ....
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.... womanly, just as his father had been. Okonkwo showed great dislike for his son by beating him and calling him names. However, he favored his daughter, Ezinma, the most out of all his children. "If Ezinma had been a boy [he] would have been happier." (66) Okonkwo thought Ezinma had "the right spirit"(66) to be a man because she was strong and loyal.
The society that Chinua Achebe described in his book, Things Fall Apart, is also based on agriculture. The major crop the Ibo tribe grew was t.... |
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