SITI NOOR AMIRA
Reflection on Things Fall Apart (Week 2)
Reflection on Things Fall Apart (Week 2)
- How are the women treated in the novel? Do all members in the community agree with the status quo? Why?
- What contributions are made by the Igbo women to the survival of their culture?
- What are the changes in women’s roles in this present world?
Based on the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I believe that women had been treated in a balance way. It is not all the women had been treated badly. For example, women play role as the priestess who the villagers consult when they have problems. It is shown when Okonkwo's father consulted Agbala when he wanted to know why he had a misery life. Here we can see that even the villagers lifted the women to be high in status. It is undoubtedly that women does not get the right as they suppose to get. Achebe represents women as has little in power rather than men. They cannot do what men can do and only has to listen the words of men. For instance, when Ojiugo came late to home and did not prepare the food, Okonkwo beat her badly until he forgot that week is Week of Peace which is forbidden for them to beat somebody. I don't think all the community agree with the status quo. It is because some of them even try to deny the status itself. It is because the status does not show the equality between man and woman.
Even women status is being underestimated, their contribution also can be the same as the men. The woman is the one who teach the children by giving them advice through story telling. For instance, Ekwefi tells her daughter Enzinma the fairy tale entitled Tortoise. She tries to teach her daughter by showing her the consequences or benefits in the action takes. Besides, women also is the priestess that the people will seek if they have any problems. Here, the contribution of the women is they are trying to solve or find the solution for the people. So, we can't deny that there is no contribution of women towards the culture. They also one of the important roles in order to produce a quality generation.
Nowadays, the stereotype that women should stay at home and looking after the children is cannot be used anymore. We can see that women spend their time by searching or seeking the chances to be in the same level of men. If a man can be an engineer, a woman also can. Even she can be better than man. It is true that the job is focusing on men but it is no wrong if women take the challenge to be the part of it. Besides, the women also can be one part of the bread-winner of the family. It is from the career women. They can help the expenses in home in order to reduce the burden of the husband. Lastly, a lot of women nowadays as succeed as the men. It proves when they even went to higher education. They are free to further their studies and the equality between men and women can be seen through this.
Even women status is being underestimated, their contribution also can be the same as the men. The woman is the one who teach the children by giving them advice through story telling. For instance, Ekwefi tells her daughter Enzinma the fairy tale entitled Tortoise. She tries to teach her daughter by showing her the consequences or benefits in the action takes. Besides, women also is the priestess that the people will seek if they have any problems. Here, the contribution of the women is they are trying to solve or find the solution for the people. So, we can't deny that there is no contribution of women towards the culture. They also one of the important roles in order to produce a quality generation.
Nowadays, the stereotype that women should stay at home and looking after the children is cannot be used anymore. We can see that women spend their time by searching or seeking the chances to be in the same level of men. If a man can be an engineer, a woman also can. Even she can be better than man. It is true that the job is focusing on men but it is no wrong if women take the challenge to be the part of it. Besides, the women also can be one part of the bread-winner of the family. It is from the career women. They can help the expenses in home in order to reduce the burden of the husband. Lastly, a lot of women nowadays as succeed as the men. It proves when they even went to higher education. They are free to further their studies and the equality between men and women can be seen through this.
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