The Joys of Motherhood Summary: The story starts out in the year 1934 in Nigeria. ... In chapter two, The Mother's Mother, the book goes back in time. ... Chapter 9- Mother's investment Summary: In this chapter Nnu and Oshia become very sick. ... Chapter 12- Men at war Summary: So the females had to provide for themselves. ... Chapter 16- A Mother of clever Children Summary: Oshia was going off t...
In summary, chapter one, which I personally found to be one of the most interesting of all, was basically placing the Beng world in wider perspective with many other ideas and theories of the world. ... These are some editorial reviews of the book: Book description: -In this companion volume to Parallel Worlds, Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d"Ivoire. ... - "This book merits a number of readings.... ... This book offers a nuanced descriptive analysis which commands authority."...
We are always more intrigued with a book when we have something in common with one or more characters. ... One way he repels us is how he treats the other characters in the book. ... Instead of crawling back to Heathcliff, we kept reading the book. ... In the book, it states, that they were physically, emotionally, and mentally alike. ... In summary, Bronte created a one of a kind character when she created Heathcliff. ...
It also had to be signed because she was his dead brother's wife, and Levitical Law (laws in the book of Leviticus in the Bible) in the Catholic Church prohibited that. ... Henry tried to use the book of Leviticus, which said "And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing they shall be childless." ( Hackett, 64) Henry really believing that being the cause of Catherine not being able to produces any more children. ... Before his divorce he had opposed the teaching of Martin Luther in a book that gained for him from the pope the title Defender of the Faith-a t...
Both chapters provide a comprehensive summary of Islam as it is carried out by Muslims in their every day lives; the topics span many different areas such as birthing, education, food and eating habits, inheritance, and the function of the Mosque. ... One exception pointed out in the Denney book is Egypt, where such establishments are allowed by the government, although much resistance by pious Muslim has been expressed, sometimes even violently as seen in the 1977 riots in Cairo. ...
This was the first book we read that shows women with a high priority of taking care of themselves. ... The summary of this story is you cannot judge someone by what they look like, you only know the true person once you have accepted them for what they are. ...
