Women are the driving force in society.

 

Using at least three characters in the novel, write an essay to show how the writer portrays women as the driving force in society. Base your answer on the River and the Source by Margaret Ogolla for illustrations.

AKOKO

She is known for her strong personality, industry and enormous capacity for love and protection.

She has enormous amounts of wealth.

She approaches the Whiteman to get back the chieftaincy for her grandson.

It is she who makes vital decision in Awiti’s and Owuor’s lives.

NYABERA.

She decides to visit Aluor the mission station and she experiences change.

She is able to hire her mother to join her.

As a result, Owuor and Awiti attained education and their lives dramatically change.

ELIZABETH AWITI

Her song personality enables her to survive pressure to drop out of school until she becomes a teacher.

 She marries Mark Sisu this ushering in a new lifestyle of career and modern living.

She becomes the first school captain.

She attains excellent grades/wins accolades.

She becomes a confident to many people.

She is an electronics expert.

 She opts to remain an unmarried member of Opus Dei.