African Literature : Gender Discrimination in Things Fall Apart

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Name : Bhatt Vidhi

Roll No : 18

Sem : 4

Year : 2012-2013

Gender Discrimination

"It is true that a child belongs to his father. But when the father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness, he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you. She is buried there. And that is why we say that mother is supreme."

Unequal treatment of family members Woman _ devoid of their fundamental

rites Gender discrimination in Things Fall

Apart Okonkwo having more than one wife Women – tools of reproduction

Okonkwo’s wish for a boy child Definition of masculinity as defined by

okonkwo : NOT TO DISPLAY EMOTIONS

BE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE belief of igbo culture,

“ women were the weaken vessel “

Thank You Submitted to : Heenaba

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