First post: Imoinda's strength.

Dear readers, as you can see in the title, my first post is about Imoinda's strength. As you know, last week we took part in a discussion about our first reading, Oroonoko, and one of the topics we dealt with was the weakness of women. Some people thought that Imoinda is a weak woman because she is always obeying Oroonoko's orders and, in a way, she is always behind him, she does not think for herself. In my opinion, this is not true, and I would even say that she is stronger than Oroonoko. Now, I give you my reasons.

Firstly, she is doubly enslaved. Once, she is enslaved by her king, Oroonoko's grandfather, who falls in love with her and for this reason, he wants to marry her. And in this situation, Imoinda shows her strength by keeping her virginity until Oroonoko arrives at the Otan, although she knows that if the king catches them, they will probably die.

Secondly, she is the person who tries to kill the governor by shooting a poisoned arrow when the slave revolt takes place. Although she hurts him in the shoulder, she does not kill him because an Indian woman sucks the poison. This in an heroic act because even not Oroonoko dares to do it.

And finally, she is a strong woman because she is the only one who remains with Oroonoko till the end of her life and the only one who never betrays him. She shows her strength again when she agrees to be killed by her husband for not being a slave anymore.

To conclude,  I say that with these three reasons I think I have proved that Imoinda is not a weak woman but the opposite.

Reason for this name.

I have chosen the name of 'Ana-Imoinda' for a simple reason. I think that all of you know which is the reason for 'Ana', but I tell you just in case: obviously, it is my name! So, I will focus on the name of 'Imoinda'. Imoinda is a character of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the short story I think all of you have already read, haven't you?
Well, it is an exotic name that has attracted my atention and for this reason I have thought that it would be interesting if I put it as my blog's name.
See you soon!