Given the choice between a post-colonialism lens and a feminist, I have decided to look at this story though a feminist lens. This is not just because I am a girl and sticking up for my gender is the right thing to do or whatever. I mean, woo! Go women’s rights! But I just think it can be taken too far. We should be treated mostly equal; however, there are just some things a woman probably shouldn’t do. That doesn’t give men the right to step all over us though. In the Bible it says that woman was made from man’s rib. That is the side and support of a man and we are meant to work and stick together. Woman wasn’t made from a man’s foot bone to be walked on or man's stomach to be a slave in the kitchen. Anyways, I digress. My point is I just felt like this would be a better lens to look through because I can more easily relate to it and I really do not have a strong grasp on things that have to do with history or different time periods that deal with postcolonialism.
In my essay I will write about the way that women are treated and the roles that they are expected to play in society. For example the idea of how women shouldn’t plant certain crops like yams because they are a “man’s crop”. Also there is the scene where Okonkwo beats his wife during the week of peace because she wasn’t there to make his lunch. The men in this culture expect certain things from their women, nothing more and nothing less. One of the biggest points is how Okonkwo spends to much time and effort trying to be the exact opposite of this dad because his dad was too feminine and in that culture being considered feminine is shameful.
From the feminism text I will probably use seomthing "Century after century, male voices continue to articulate and determine the social role and cultural and personal significance of women" (Feminism 171) to support my argument. I will find more quotes, but that’s a nice one. :)
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