REJECTION – MARIAMBA Bá
TITLE:
Rejection means to dismiss an idea / proposal.
At the end the narrator dismisses the idea to marry her
husband’s brother
SETTING:
Dakar, Senegal
In narrator’s home
STYLE:
Formal register
Dialogue: - portray the character’s feelings and
emotions
- Brings the story to life
- Get to know the characters better ,
through their words
THEMES:
CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
Narrator is an Islamic wife – submits to cultural values.
Beginning – enjoys being an only wife, but crisis erupts
when her husband takes a second wife without
consultation. Hates that she must pretend to be happy
and support the young co-wife. Her feelings are not
considered by her in-laws especially Tamsir ,who
TITLE:
Rejection means to dismiss an idea / proposal.
At the end the narrator dismisses the idea to marry her
husband’s brother
SETTING:
Dakar, Senegal
In narrator’s home
STYLE:
Formal register
Dialogue: - portray the character’s feelings and
emotions
- Brings the story to life
- Get to know the characters better ,
through their words
THEMES:
CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
Narrator is an Islamic wife – submits to cultural values.
Beginning – enjoys being an only wife, but crisis erupts
when her husband takes a second wife without
consultation. Hates that she must pretend to be happy
and support the young co-wife. Her feelings are not
considered by her in-laws especially Tamsir ,who
