So, for my essay, I will be writing about Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, through a feminist lens, as the title of this thing suggested. I plan on discussing the very limited role women play in the novel. This is due to the patriarchy in the tribe, which is “the rule of society and culture by men” (167).
In the tribe, women have little value, and are not even valued as wives. It is ordinary for a man to have multiple wives, who are simply being used to produce and take care of the children, and serve the men. Okonkwo has no respect for any of his three wives, and even beats one of them during Peace Week, which is supposed to be peaceful as the name suggests, just because he believes she is being negligent. This relates to the ancient Greek’s belief that “the male was to be superior and the female the inferior. Women, they maintained, lure men away from seeking after truth, preventing them from attaining their full potential” (171). I'm going to finish this thing up at some point tomorrow. Gooodnight!
In the tribe, women have little value, and are not even valued as wives. It is ordinary for a man to have multiple wives, who are simply being used to produce and take care of the children, and serve the men. Okonkwo has no respect for any of his three wives, and even beats one of them during Peace Week, which is supposed to be peaceful as the name suggests, just because he believes she is being negligent. This relates to the ancient Greek’s belief that “the male was to be superior and the female the inferior. Women, they maintained, lure men away from seeking after truth, preventing them from attaining their full potential” (171). I'm going to finish this thing up at some point tomorrow. Gooodnight!
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