Ifemelu's Relationship With Curt Sparknotes

Ifemelu had own perspective towards things and independently made her own decisions. “You looked like the kind of person who will do something because you want to, and not because everyone else is doing it,” (Chapter four, page 61). Ifemelu and Obinze became distance towards each other when Ifemelu moved to the United States and brakes off contact with him. When Obinze contacted her while she was in the United States, she ignored him because she was depressed. She became depressed after she was paid a hundred dollars for helping a Caucasian man relax.
After Ifemelu relationship ended with Obinze, she ends up in a relationship with Blaine. Blaine is an African American male professor at Yale University. The positive aspect of Ifemelu’s relationship …show more content…
Curt and Ifemelu’s relationship with each other was both positive and negative. The positive part of Ifemelu’s relationship with Curt was that accept her physical appearance. He prefer when she have her natural woolly hair over chemically straighten hair. “Why do you have to do this? Your hair was gorgeous braided. And when you took out the braids the last time and just kind of let it be? It was even more gorgeous, so full and cool,” (Chapter nineteen, page 206). Curt was a helpful and a caring person towards Ifemelu because he help her receive an interview for a job. “I know some people my dad did business with, they might be able to help,” Curt said. And, not long afterwards, he told her she had an interview at an office in downtown Baltimore, for a position in public relations,” (Chapter nineteen, page 204). The negative part of their relationship was when Curt was cheating on Ifemelu. “She stared at him, forcing her mind to work. He had not expected her to use his computer, because she hardly ever did. He was cheating on her,” (Chapter twenty, page 212). She also does not tell her parents about Curt. “She chose her words, careful not to say anything about curt. It was easier not to tell them about Curt,” (Chapter nineteen, page …show more content…
She becomes pregnant by him. The General was happy about her pregnancy. During her pregnancy he treated her well. “ The General came more often, even on some weekends, bring her hot water bottles, herbal pills, things that he heard were good for pregnancy,” ( Chapter six, page 84). Aunty Uju no longer had any contact with The General after he died. She took her son and went to the United States to live because her life was in danger. The General family memebers were trying to harm her because she was a mistress that got pregnant by The General. She was not a lawful wife towards the General. “There were banging on the gate. Two men and three women, relatives of The General, had bullied Adamu to open the gate, and now stood at the front door, shouting. According to Chapter six, page