Things Fall Apart
...the house as well as the town. Consequently, women were subordinate to their wish and had to bear all the inequality and injustices provided by the male race. As unfair and repulsing as it may sound, the female community in Umuofia, village where the story takes place, had no other choice than to deal with the unfair and rude manners granted by their husbands. This is the case faced by Okonkwo’s three wives. In one occasion, he was so close to killing one of them that is amazing how it didn’t end up that way. This was the terrifying moment lived by his second wife, who unfairly took a beating for killing a tree. Well, at least that’s what Okonkwo said but it was a lie, he was just angry and had to take it out on someone like he always did. Besides, she only took a few leaves from the tree to make food. It was not her fault that the tree died afterwards. In another occasion, his youngest wife went to his friend’s house to have her hair done and she didn’t return early enough to make food for her husband. Okonkwo was so infuriated that he even forgot it was the Week of Peace. When she arrived she received such a pounding that even the neighbors heard her cry. There are innumerable occasions where this type of injustice can be seen but in top of that women were not able of owning any land or title except for priestess. They were not even respected as much as men. For instance the day Okonkwo brought Ikemefuna to the house, His wife asked if he was staying long enough and her husband’s response was to do as told. And this was basically the way they were tr...