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A sexist novel? Discuss the question of gender in "Things Fall Apart".
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Man Ju Y12D English A sexist novel? Discuss the question of gender in "Things Fall Apart". "Things Fall Apart" is set during the late 1800s/early 1900s in a small village called Umuofia situated in the southeastern part of Nigeria. It was a period in colonial history when the British were expanding their influence in Africa, economically (trading), culturally (religion), and politically (government). It is a village that is respected by those around it as being powerful and rich. In the following essay, I am going to talk about the question of gender in this book. It is true that the Ibo culture is sexist. Okonkwo, the protagonist of this book, is seen here as a man fearful of being seen as womanly or agbala (means woman, and represents a lack of economic success.) The word agbala is equivalents to women and therefore reveal the little power woman have in this...
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