The weight of tradition can be suffocating from "summary" of The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In some homes, tradition is a heavy presence, a suffocating weight that presses down on the inhabitants. It is a force that dictates how one must live, who one must marry, what one must believe. It is a force that brooks no dissent, no deviation from the path laid out by those who came before. To question tradition is to risk being cast out, to be labeled as rebellious, disrespectful, ungrateful. This weight of tradition is felt keenly by the characters in "The Thing Around Your Neck". They find themselves caught between the expectations of their families and communities, and their own desires and aspirations. They are torn between the past and the future, between the known and the unknown. They struggle to find a way to reconcile the two, to carve out a space for themselves in a world that seems intent on keeping them in their place. For some characters, the weight of tradition is a burden that they can never fully shake off. It follows them wherever they go, coloring their eve...
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