In the story of Things
Fall Apart, women of the Igbo tribe are awfully mistreated, and considered as
weak and get little or no respect outside of their role as a mother.
<span>It was obvious from
the way the crowd stood that the ceremony was for men. There were a lot of
women in the ceremony, but they only looked on from the edge like outsiders. Women
are not invited nor allowed to stay while men are engaging in any discussion.
Women are also not included in the council of war and hence they do not form
any part of the masquerades representing the judiciary and ancestral spirits. </span>
In the story of Things Fall Apart, women of the Igbo tribe are awfully mistreated, and considered as weak and get little or no respect outside of their role as a mother.
<em>It was obvious from the way the crowd stood that the ceremony was for men. </em>There were a lot of women in the ceremony, but they only looked on from the edge like outsiders. Women are not invited nor allowed to stay while men are engaging in any discussion. Women are also not included in the council of war and hence they do not form any part of the masquerades representing the judiciary and ancestral spirits.
This part of the excerpt seems to be correct as it reveals that the diet alone is responsible for his ninth birthday: "It had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all."
