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Background of the Novel | Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
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- Background of the Novel | Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen is one of her autobiographical writings. The novel chronicles the unhappiness of her marriage. In Second Class Citizen, Adah (Emecheta’s other self), challenged by atrocious living conditions and a violent husband, finds refuge in her dream of becoming a writer.
The novel explores a male-dominated societyThe term society is derived from the Latin word 'socius' meaning friendship or companionship. Society is a community, nation or group of people who share the same traditions, institutions, rules and... More with all its obstacles for females to overcome. In a male-dominated society, females are inconsequential. Buchi uses the story to express the evil association with the
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