notes for Americanah

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Theme - Beauty pg 1,49, 26, 146, 181, 185

Differences between Africa and America: 127, 131, 132, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 146, 151, 152, 156, 158

Forshadowing? - 39, 42-43

Irony

• The type of women Obinze dislikes is the kind of woman he married (pg 34, 36, 42 vs 63, 65, 73, 93 + forshadowing and my hypothesis
• Ifemelu’s dislike of dependency vs being dependant in America ( 93, 95, 99, 105, vs 130-131, 147, 165