26/06/2021
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Feminism is the pursuit by man or woman to secure more freedom or welfare for females in a place where men are essentially in control or decide what happens as in our culture or traditions. The novel is centred on the feminist quest of the heroine,Adah. This novel has many points in the narration where the heroine tries to question a poor treatment of females , assumptions about them or their being taken for granted.
On the very first page of the novel,the narrator informs that Adah "arrived when everyone was expecting and predicting a boy." This indicates that society places more premium on the male than on the female. The narrator further remarks that the failure of Adah's parents to record her birthday is because "She was such a disappointment to her parent,to her immediate family and to her tribe. Rather than encourage Adah to take up education,she being older ,but her younger brother is taken to school. As for the girl," A year or two would do,as long as she can write her name and count". This is not acceptable to Adah who not only force herself into Mr Cole's class,but has to tell lies to obtain the two shillings to afford the cost of the entrance form.
Adah is compelled by the mother to choose elderly suitors who in the thinking of her mother would look after wives better. Adah is not moved by this view. She wants young suitors rather than those who she would have to treat as a master or refer to as "sir" even behind his back. Modern feminism is not so keen about marriage but Adah's feminist temper initially saw marriage as an escape route out of homelessness . Then home she aspires to have is not one "there would be trouble today and fights tomorrow, but a good,quiet atmosphere". Ironically ,her marriage with Francis does not provide such a peaceful air.
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