Women in third world fiction
In many of the stories that we have done this semester women are treated like dirt. They are used as slaves, they do nothing but chores, and they are uncared for by there husbands. Things Fall Apart, No one writes to the Colonel, Who Cares, The Shroud, and The Unwanted are all stories where men are strong and women are weak in all aspects of life. The authors of all these stories show us how women are only valued for there services, such as cooking , cleaning, and laundry which some are forced into doing, such as in the story Who Cares. Women are not only forced into doing chores, they’re also forced into marriage. Chinua Achebe is the only author that assigns important roles to the women found in his story, but the women in his story are still treated with no respect at all. The women in Things Fall Apart are used primarily for chores around the house and for childbirth. The women in Okonkwo’s tribe are seen as inferior in life, mind and body. Men are seen as strong beings, who have no emotion, no fear, and are eager to kill. After Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna he returns home feeling very distraught. “When did you
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Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 1245
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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