My Mother, My Friend
In Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart Ekwefi and Ezinma have a unique, two-dimensional relationship as mother/daughter and as mother/friend. When Ezinma comes down with a high fever, Ekwefi is immediately at her only daughter's side to aid her. "Ezinma was an only child and the center of her mother's world" (76). Since Ezinma is the only child in her family, she does not have to compete with siblings. She receives undivided attention and love. Ekwefi dearly loves her only daughter, Ezinma, and they have a special mother/daughter relationship. Ekwefi is Ezinma's pl…
