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mother loved her

The center of her mothers world

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Ekwefi's protectiveness

At the mention of Ezinma's name, Ekwefi jerked her head sharply like an animal

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Mother daughter bond

(unlike other children Ezinma calls her by her name

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e-e bond closer than most

the relationship between them was not only that of mother and child

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okonkwo fond of her

Okonkwo was especially fond of ezinmas

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okonkwo wishes she where a girl- multiple quotes

she should've been a boy, if ezinma had been a boy, i would've been happier

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proof of okonwkos gender roles

no, thats a boys job

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ezinma understood okonkwo

out of all his children ezinma alone understood his every mood

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okonkwo showing his fear of losing ezinma

Ezinma's dying...Okonkwo sprang from his bed...and ran to Ekwefis hut

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beauty

became one of the most beautiful girls in Mbanta

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powerful

many young men and prosperous middle aged men from Mbanta came to marry her. But she refused them all

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precocious

her daughter was only ten years old, but she was wiser than her years

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overcame the Ogbanje

she seemed determined to live

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was the chosen one

Had borne ten children and nine out of those ten had died in infancy