The themes of Second Class Citizen are quest for equal treatment, self-confidence and dignity as a woman.

We can realize it from the story, when Adah, who is the protagonist of the novel, was a child, she was not able to go to school because she was a girl and was not as society privileged, but in spite of that she tried to achieve her goal, and eventually she achieved what she wanted.

Let me give you an example. When her father died, she inherited from her mother’s brother, fortunately, first the new family allowed her to continue her education, but shortly after they wanted her to get married, because the family would receive a high dowry for an educated girl, but despite that she kept on going to school. She stole money from her cousin in order to pay the tuition fee. Fortunately for Adah, she had scored high enough in her exams to get a full scholarship for four years. When she had finished her four years at school, she chose to get married because she wanted to continue her education at her own pace, and that, by itself, shows self-confidence.

It shows the struggles of a child. Due to her father’s death, she was sent to a relative’s home where she was treated like a servant, but she didn’t give up, and kept on her efforts to reach her aim.

Back to the United Kingdom, she was told by her husband to work in a factory, because he believed that a second-class citizen couldn’t get a job in a place where he/she wanted. But she refused to work in a place where all other Nigerians did, because she was a well-educated girl, and she had worked as a librarian in her native country, so she insisted to do so here in England. After a lot of attempts, finally she was able to get a job as a librarian in Britain, too.

I can give you another instance. When she was told to send her children to a foster mother, and she denied, despite many troubles, she already had, she successfully managed to raise her children on her own.

In conclusion, we can see that she did not lose her confidence, and she fought on despite all the troubles and prejudice. As a result, she got the job of a first-class citizen, brought up her children, and finally she was able to write down her thoughts and became a prominent writer in the world.

There is a saying in English ,” No gain without pain”. Everyone needs to fight hard for her/his rights, and I believe that Adad finally could gain them.

Is it possible to live single for entire life?

To begin with, I would just say when Allah creates the world, he creates male and female. He is a creator, and he knows everything about human being. If there was not female gender, would our life possible?
To come to the piratical life, and guess about women and their values, we could confess that life without them is not realizable. Indeed women is salt for a pleasure life, and a person life is not complete without marriage. Everyone has to ask himself, what does life without life partner mean? Obviously the answer would be nonsense.

It is better to say that the purpose of marriage is not only sex which many people think so. But I can clearly say that sex is a very small part of the wedding. Making family, sharing problem, having children and having of a happy family is more important than body process.

Personally I think it is totally impossible to live without getting married.