women are treated like dirt. They are used as slaves, they do nothing but

chores, and they are uncared for by there husbands. Things Fall Apart,

No one writes to the Colonel, Who Cares, The Shroud, and The

Unwanted are all stories where men are strong and women are weak in

all aspects of life. The authors of all these stories show us how women

are only valued for there services, such as cooking , cleaning, and

laundry which some are forced into doing, such as in the story Who

Cares. Women are not only forced into doing chores, they're also forced

into marriage. Chinua Achebe is the only author that assigns important

roles to the women found in his story, but the women in his story are

still treated with no respect at all.

The women in Things Fall Apart are used primarily for chores

around the house and for childbirth. The women in Okonkwo's tribe are

seen as inferior in life, mind and body. Men are seen as strong beings,

who have no emotion, no fear, and are eager to kill. After Okonkwo kills

Ikemefuna he returns home feeling very distraught. "When did you

more. Okonkwo's uncle said it best, "A man belongs to his fatherland

The Shroud, Who Cares, and The Unwanted are 3 short

are they forced to do what their husbands tell to, but they are forced to

in all the nine villages for your valor in war? How can a man who has

old woman," he asks himself, "you, who are known

child and all he cares about is getting a good night's sleep. Madhav and

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Approximate Word count = 1245
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)