Abdul Kalam once said, “Almost half the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, violence.” It is said that ignorance is bliss, because once you know the truth, you can’t go back. If the women did know that they were just as valuable as men and that was not the way they should be treated, can you imagine how different their lives would have been? What if showing emotions weren’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of courage and strength? What if the men of Umuofia understood what it truly meant to be a man? Lives would be completely different for everyone, some might be better, others might be worse. Nobody knows for sure. All anyone can do is wonder and be thankful that they don’t live in world like Chinua Achebe’s novel, “Things Fall
Abdul Kalam once said, “Almost half the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, violence.” It is said that ignorance is bliss, because once you know the truth, you can’t go back. If the women did know that they were just as valuable as men and that was not the way they should be treated, can you imagine how different their lives would have been? What if showing emotions weren’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of courage and strength? What if the men of Umuofia understood what it truly meant to be a man? Lives would be completely different for everyone, some might be better, others might be worse. Nobody knows for sure. All anyone can do is wonder and be thankful that they don’t live in world like Chinua Achebe’s novel, “Things Fall