Women In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

In today 's world, the men and women are treated the same in most societies, even though it was nothing like that in the past. Even though it seems as if women have been treated the same as men forever, that is not the case. In the Igbo tribe, it was exceptionally likely that if you were women, you would be treated as if you were a servant. This essay will show how the men in the tribe treated their wives and children, while also showing how the women and children treated each other while they were being physically and emotionally abused by the father, as shown in the book (Things Fall Apart) by Chinua Achebe . For most of history, the man has been in charge of protecting his household, and providing the women and children with food and shelter.

In many societies, the women were not treated well, and the Igbo tribe was no exception. The women of the Igbo community cooked, cleaned, raised the children, and even did some farming, such as planting maize, melons, and beans. The women did all of the jobs that the men thought to be unmanly or unworthy of his time. The most important job that the women did was "bearing children" (Prezi). Women were considered to be dispensable in the Igbo tribe, even though they had the most important job, which was bearing the children, raising the children, and continuing the family name. The women treated the children with much tenderness and would share stories. The men in the family considered the actions of the women to be foolish, and a waste of time. The children typically came to their mothers for comfort; if the child was recently beaten by their abusive father, they would run to their mother for protection. The women cooked all of the husband 's meals and they did so without being ever being shown any gratitude. The women generally accepted the gender roles as fate, and choose to accept it since they would be beaten

Therefore, while showing all of the vigorous and substandard activities that the different genders and age groups had to offer, this also revealed the truth about how the women and children were treated by the men in their societies. Despite the fact that there were some positive relationships, they most likely didn 't include men. Although not every place was like the Igbo tribe, most were, and that shows how much the human race has grown and matured. In today 's world, we are judged by our actions, and how well we do them, not by the gender of a