Ariel Solis
Elizathbeth Whitley
March 25, 2012
One
character that struck out the most to me was Ezinma , one of Okonkwo children’s
with his wife Ekwefi. Being that Ekwefi lost many of her children with Okonkwo,
Ezinma is very special to her. They have a very unique mother relationship, to
the extent that she calls her mother by her first name, “She called her by her
name Ekwefi” (Achebe 76).She even let her daughter get eggs in the bedroom when
her father specific told her not to and even threatens to beat her if she did.
Ekwefi suffered a lot throughout her adult life. She gave birth to ten children
and out of those ten only nine died, “The birth of her children, which should be
a woman crowning glory, became for Ekwefi mere physical agony devoid of promise”
(77). Being that Ekwefi is in a polygamist marriages it was hard to see the
other wives with healthy children and hers weren’t living for too long. I also
think that she was a little jealous because she probably felt in competition
with the other wives. I guess that is why Ezinma is so special because she
lived way longer than any of her brother or sisters.
