Second Class Citizen Lesson Plan

Consider then opening passage of chapter 6:

“One morning, when Adah was rapidly tying her colorful lappa around her thickening waste in her haste to catch the train to work, her husband, who had gone out of the room, came in walking as if in a trance. He looked dejected, disappointed, and Adah thought she saw his hands shake. She looked up, the string of her lappa still between her lips, and her eyes started to beg for an explanation. Francis was not unaware of this, but for the time being he seem to have decided not to tell her anything. Instead, he flopped down on the only available sitting place in the room - their unmade bed.

‘Sad news,’ he spat out eventually, as if he had a...