Things Fall Apart Essays (1849 words) - Postcolonial Literature

Things Fall Apart The Ibo society in Africa is totally different from the American culture that I am utilized to. One of the significant contrasts is how ladies are dealt with. On page 37 of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo passes on that ?regardless of how prosperous a man was, on the off chance that he couldn't lead his ladies and kids (and particularly his ladies) he was not so much a man.? On page 94 Okonkwo's uncle says ?we as a whole realize that a man is the leader of the family and his spouses do his offering.? This gives us that ladies in the Ibo society are viewed as docile to the men of the general public and are once in a while abused, anyway they are still essential to society. This is clear in numerous different places all through the book Things Fall Apart. The manner in which ladies are alluded to in the book tells about their social remaining also. Ordinarily ladies are alluded to by their relationship to a man. There are numerous references to ?Nyowe's mom? also, Okonkwo's first spouse,? be that as it may, Ekwefi is only from time to time called by her name. The equivalent goes with ?the spouse of Ogbuefi Udo? who was killed by the individuals from another African town close Umofia. In the primary section of the book we perceive how ladies are relied upon to do what their spouses state without any inquiries posed. When Ikemefuna comes to Umofia and is put under Okonkwo's consideration he (Okonkwo) quickly requires his first spouse and says ?care for him,? when she poses an inquiry with respect to the kid, Okonkwo says ?do what you are told lady? to which his first spouse reacts by taking Ikemefuna into her hovel, posing no more inquiries. The main two ladies who are reliably alluded to by their name all through the book are Ezinma and Chielo. That is on the grounds that Ezinma is exceptional to her dad, Okonkwo, and Chielo is the priestess of the prophet. On pages 122 and 123, Okonkwo contemplates internally that Ezinma is extraordinary on the grounds that ?of every one of his youngsters only she comprehended all his temperaments.? On numerous events all through the book, Okonkwo says, ?I wish she were a kid.? Children are more regarded in the Ibo society than girls. There is an uncommon bond among Ezinma and Okonkwo in light of the fact that, as indicated by him, she has the ?right soul.? When Ekwefi awakens Okonkwo in the night, he is vexed on the grounds that he wouldn't like to be annoyed, however when he discovers that it is on the grounds that Ezinma is biting the dust, he jumps up from bed and surges out to get her some medication. This shows little girls are not without esteem in the Ibo society. Ezinma is extraordinary not exclusively to her dad, yet to her mom also. I think it is on the grounds that Ekwefi had nine unsuccessful labors before she had Ezinma and since the young lady was viewed as an obanje, Ekwefi was amazingly cheerful when her iyi-uwa was found so she would not bite the dust anymore and be renewed in a ghastly cycle. In spite of the fact that Okonkwo looks down on indicating feelings (or shortcoming as he thinks about it) he rushes to follow his better half when she follows Chielo and Ezinma to the place of worship of the prophet, and he advises her to return home and rest and he will hang tight for them to come out of the cavern. The following morning he makes four outings to and from that equivalent spot stressed over Ezinma (in spite of the fact that he is too pleased to even consider admitting it). Chielo is all around regarded and dreaded all through the town of Umofia in light of the fact that she holds a strict position that is imperative to all individuals from the Ibo society. As the priestess of the prophet, the whole town relies on her to hand-off messages of the divine beings and to do their (the divine beings) offering. A case of this is the point at which she takes Ezinma in the night out to the cavern where the prophet lives, in spite of Ezinma's folks fight. In spite of the fact that ladies are fairly looked downward on they are likewise depicted as daring and essential to their general public, they are trusted with obligations, for example, gathering kindling, cooking, cleaning, and youngster raising. Ladies weed the homesteads multiple times during the developing period of the sweet potatoes. They moreover