The Joys of Motherhood

The novel, The Joys of Motherhood I thought was great. I really enjoyed reading this novel. The novel is of the life of Nnu Ego. It explains the rewards and the downfalls of motherhood. With her first husband she could not have children, so the husband found no use for her. With her second husband she had a total of nine children, with seven living. Times seemed to get very hard for Nnu Ego and her children. Especially when her husband was at war and she was left to care for them all. It seemed like everytime something bad happened Nnu Ego had something that she was waiting for to make things better. In the begininng having children would make her life better, and then when Naife returned from the war everything would be fine. At the end Nnu Ego seemed to be waiting for her oldest son to finish with college and take good care of her like the sons' of other women she was acuainted with. That did not happen and she ended up dying sad and lonely. I did not like the ending. She worked her whole life to raise her children, doing everything she could for them. I thought that it showed how women are thought of in society today, all around the world. Some places worse than others, but it is always expected that women should have children, and it is always expected that the women will take care of them. If you have children your life is no longer just yours, it has to change in whatever way needed for your children, no mattter if you wanted it a different way.