The River Between
With details from the text state why muthoni rebels against her parents and show how this ultimately leads to her death
From the novel the river between
From the novel the river between
Muthoni is one of Joshua's daughters. However, instead of following the Christian way of life, she follows the traditional path and chooses to get circumcised to become a woman. She questions the criticism of her father, who is also circumcised but was allowed to convert to Christianity anyway. Thus, she exposes the hypocrisy of the Christian leaders who consider circumcision a sin. When Joshua disowns her after learning about her plan, she stays with her aunt, who supports her. However, the circumcision leads to medical complications, and even though Waiyaki managed to get her to a hospital, she dies after claiming that she sees Jesus.