Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart Gender Stereotype And...

In Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart gender stereotype and the difference between men and women, and also how women are treated compared to men, are presented very boldly throughout the whole novel. Showing these stereotypes and maybe certain rights that were provided for one gender and not the other is important when it comes to understanding the novel more because it shows how things were in villages like Umuofia during the time (but mostly before) when Christian missionaries and white men had taken over, and showing it through these stereotypes might have been Achebe’s goal in showing the difference between the two genders during this time period. In chapter two it says, â€Å"Even as a little boy he had resented his father’s failure and weakness, and even now he still remembered how he had suffered when a playmate had told him that his father was agbala. That was how Okonkwo first came to know that agbala was not only another name for a woman, it could also mean a man who had taken no title.† This quote in the novel shows the gender stereotype of women because; Okonkwo’s friend had compared his father to a woman because he was a weak failure. This connects to the fact that Okonkwo is known for hating being thought of as weak or as a failure because he would hate to be given the description that a woman should have. Because the stereotype of a woman is that she is fragile and weak and men often have to do their hard work for them, which leads people to think thatShow MoreRelated Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe963 Words   |  4 Pages In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe there are a lot of characteristics that are considered male and female. In the story, which is about a man named Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a Nigerian man , who is a yam farmer, and for no reason wants to be labeled as anything other than manly. See in the Igbo society everything is gendered to male or female even the crops. The yam is consider the king of the crops, so it is no wonder why Okonkwo is a yam farmer. In this book it tells a story aboutRead MoreThings Fall Apart By William Butler Yeats3426 Words   |  14 PagesFirst 50 Things Fall Apart refers to a situation deteriorating from an original functionality and transitioning into negative change in perspective of the experiencer. I have already read the book, so I can only give my opinion in that perspective. The phrasing itself, that things fall apart, versus ‘things are falling apart’ or ‘things can fall apart’ foreshadows the inevitability of this destruction with no chance of stopping it. Things Fall Apart begins with an epigraph by William Butler YeatsRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesHartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Jack Metzgar, Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered Janis Appier, Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD Allen Hunter, ed., Rethinking the Cold War Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. Revised and Expanded Edition E SSAYS ON _ T WENTIETH- C ENTURY H ISTORY Edited by Michael