ENG 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medicine Man, Chinua Achebe, Bride Price
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Thinks that ezinma has the right spirit to be a male and thinks the nwoye has too much of his mother in him and is weak. Okonkwo"s father is like nwoye is has womanly characteristics. Obierika argues that he had something better to do then go and kill a boy. In the argument it foreshadows that the goddess wipes out whole families : what do you make of the way bride-price is determined (72-73) examine the use of the word ripe (71) The way that it is determined is offensive and degrading to women. The word ripe portrays that the bride is a fruit and that they are young and ready for marriage. Criticizes him because ndule has such a close relationship with his wife. Ndule may be getting advice from a woman: examine the critique of their own culture and customs and the critique of others cultures and customs (69-70, 73-74)
