When I write Things Fall Apart, I plan on writing with a more feminist outlook as opposed to the postcolonial view. I chose this angle because I am a girl and very pro-feminism. My essay will revolve around the struggles that the women endure throughout the novel. Woman being controlled by man and more of a “property” than another human being will be a main topic that I choose to dissect. Okonkwo sees his father an more of a female figure and he more strives to be a man from this.
There are several slanderous and cruel quotes written about the female race, not just in this book but also in real life. Napoleon Bonaparte says that, "Nature intended women to be our slaves...They are our property...What a mad idea to demand equality for women." Many more quotes and accusations were mad against and about women and the female race for no reason other than following what was said to be their “identity in society”. Men in the Ibo society held women to a lower standard just like many did in real life. My essay will be written around the ideas and standards that men have placed on women.
