Second Class Citizen
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
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Chapter 1: Childhood Chapter 2: Escape into Elitism Chapter 3: A Cold Welcome Chapter 4: The Daily Minders Chapter 5: An Expensive Lesson Chapter 6: “Sorry, No Coloureds” Chapter 7: The Ghetto Chapter 8: Role Acceptance Chapter 9: Learning the Rules Chapter 10: Applying the Rules Chapter 11: Population Control Chapter 12: The Collapse Chapter 13: The Ditch Pull
Themes
All Themes Class, Gender, and Race Culture vs. Individual Freedom Motherhood and Art Family and Love Economics vs. Aspiration in Education
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Characters
All Characters Adah Francis Titi Vicky Bubu Dada Trudy Adah’s Ma Adah’s Pa Boy Janet The Sleek Woman Bill Okpara Mr. Noble
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All Symbols The Bride Price
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Second Class Citizen

by

Buchi Emecheta

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The Bride Price

In Second Class Citizen, Adah’s novel manuscript The Bride Price represents her growing creative potential, both maternal and artistic, which she must leave her abusive husband Francis to fulfill. Adah begins writing the…

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