Chapters 5 - 6

I was the discussion leader for this section so i actually paid more attention to it as i was reading an tried to take in a little more details. This helped me understand the book a bit more, and get more meaning out of what i was reading.

These chapters really bring out more conflict on the issue of women roles vs male rolls. The killing of the ram by Ramatoulaye stood for something a little more than just killing of an animal. I also found it funny in a way that the first part of her name is "Ram." But, i believe this  can be seen as a metaphoric representation of how females in the book essentially destroy the male oppression that they've worked under for so long. Although the  other women gain their power in much less violent ways than Ramatoulaye does, the killing of the ram is still in my opinion foreshadows of the socio-economic power gained by her and the other women.


The love triangle between between Beaugosse and N'Deye Touti and  Bakayoko also starts to hint at tensions between traditional and newer, freer ways of thinking.