Ezinma Things Fall Apart
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Ezinma, the daughter of Okonkwo and Ekwefi, was the favorite child. That contradicts what Okonkwo believes in about women. Because Ezinma is the favorite she hates to disappoint her parents. Ezinma resembles a normal child now and days,they hate to disappoint their parents. Ezinma’s loyalty made her herself. That was her identity along with her beauty. She was the village beauty. People knew her from her looks. “She was called Crystal of Beauty…”(Achebe 172) Her parents knew her from her looks and loyalty. Okonkwo always wished she was a girl though because she was strong minded like one. “She should have been a boy”(Achebe 64). Okonkwo thought he would be happier if she was a boy. “If Ezinma had been
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Now in his father’s land people wouldn’t like such a strong willed girl because they didn’t think women should have a choice. That was slowly starting to change but most of the people going after her were middled aged men, who most likely preferred the old ways. Ezinma would fight back if she was hit, and no man would enjoy that. She wouldn't be the town beauty and every guy liking her because how strong minded she is and how much she acts like a guy and like Okonkwo. People would fear her because she was the daughter of the great Okonkwo, the one who built everything out of nothing. She was an intimidating person. Not only because the way she looked but also her strong willed personality. The way she looked intimidated the girls but the way she acted intimidated the …show more content…
She had Okonkwo’s short temper but it didn’t last for very long because she was calm like her mother. Town beauty but picky on her men. Since she had her mother’s calmness she didn’t freak out when Okonkwo killed himself. She was sad but she knew that Okonkwo wouldn’t like her to grieve that much.
After Okonkwo killed himself we can infer that Ezinma went and lived with her husband she was going to marry. Ekwefi would’ve married again, but she would only marry for status this time and not love.
Everyone will move on from Okonkwo’s parting because time stops for no one. Since Okonkwo stood for the old ways and Ezinma resembled him, she would have to change just like her brother, Nwoye. To live on you have to change into what society wants from you. If not society will kill you emotionally, and in the end you will kill
Now in his father’s land people wouldn’t like such a strong willed girl because they didn’t think women should have a choice. That was slowly starting to change but most of the people going after her were middled aged men, who most likely preferred the old ways. Ezinma would fight back if she was hit, and no man would enjoy that. She wouldn't be the town beauty and every guy liking her because how strong minded she is and how much she acts like a guy and like Okonkwo. People would fear her because she was the daughter of the great Okonkwo, the one who built everything out of nothing. She was an intimidating person. Not only because the way she looked but also her strong willed personality. The way she looked intimidated the girls but the way she acted intimidated the …show more content…
She had Okonkwo’s short temper but it didn’t last for very long because she was calm like her mother. Town beauty but picky on her men. Since she had her mother’s calmness she didn’t freak out when Okonkwo killed himself. She was sad but she knew that Okonkwo wouldn’t like her to grieve that much.
After Okonkwo killed himself we can infer that Ezinma went and lived with her husband she was going to marry. Ekwefi would’ve married again, but she would only marry for status this time and not love.
Everyone will move on from Okonkwo’s parting because time stops for no one. Since Okonkwo stood for the old ways and Ezinma resembled him, she would have to change just like her brother, Nwoye. To live on you have to change into what society wants from you. If not society will kill you emotionally, and in the end you will kill