Role Of Feminism In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe he foreshadows the thoughts of how women are used to and are seen in a different perspective. Okonkwo being the protagonist of the novel he appears to have three wives and eight children. Okonkwo in other terms is a loving and kind person, but he also seems to have another side to himself from his past experiences with his father Unoka and from his present experiences with his new life as him being a powerful man with a title. Okonkwo can also be a harsh person at times he in other words is a very successful and a proud man due to him earning his title at a young profound age along with him being a great fighter as a background of him not wanting to end up like his father Unoka this in a way portrays why …show more content…
Women aren’t supposed to be seen in an unworthy or in an unpleasant way nor they shouldn’t be treated less because the women in Umuofia do played an important role in this sense because without them being there for the men or for their husbands the men wouldn 't have any care nor providers like they do when the women are around to serve them in their daily needs and bases in their Ibo culture in …show more content…
In other words, women are shown as weak and worthless. Other perspectives that are seen in the women in the Ibo culture is that they are used as objects such as for taking care of their children, husbands, and for others duty causes due to when it comes to festivals or reunions with other people in Umuofia such as serving the men with titles in the Ibo culture, but also another way that they are seen in another perspective is by the women being seen as slaves in a way because they are only needed in important occasions or in household chores because the women in the Ibo culture are seen as for being settled for less than what they are really worth for. The women in Umuofia are seen as specialized providers for the men because in the Ibo culture the women in the book such as Ekwefi and Okonkwo 's other wives are always seen and shown in the story as weak characters due to them having no power over any intimate situation or opinion around great men with titles nor with other men in the Ibo