THINGS FALL APART WOMENS RIGHTS
Things Fall Apart is a story that depicts the lifestyle of the Igbo people in Nigeria, and a society that places tremendous emphasis on masculinity and men that it leaves women at an inferior status. Okonkwo is the main focus in the story, Things Fall Apart, who is the ideal representation of his communitys values. ... For example, womens chastity was always a big issue, were mens was not. ... In Things Fall Apart, the author, Chinua Achebe provides vivid insights to the Igbo culture where status belongs to only men, and a world where women are just complimentary to men and have absolutely no power. ... In a culture that favors men and any actions that they execute will be accepted, women have no rights, no voice, and absolutely no freedom.