“Nervous Conditions” by Tsitsi Dangarembga follows a young woman in her journey to find herself and break away from the restrictive culture she was raised in. Even so‚ the young women‚ named Tambu‚ faces challenges because of the strong traditions that are prevalent in her community. Through the struggles of poverty and sexism‚ Tambu manages to still learn a lot about herself and her community. In this book reflection‚ I will be discussing the implications of living in a traditional society as well
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Nervous Conditions is a novel by Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga‚ first published in the United Kingdom in 1988. The semi-autobiographical novel focuses on the story of a Rhodesian family in post-colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s. It attempts to illustrate the dynamic themes of race‚ class‚ gender‚ and cultural change during the post-colonial conditions of present-day Zimbabwe. The title is taken from the introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre to Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Plot summary
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The systems of the body. Systems are the most complex of the component units of the human body. A system is an organization of varying numbers and kinds of organs arranged so that together they can perform complex functions for the body. There are 10 systems in the body‚ but the 3 main are: • The nervous system • The respiratory system • The circulatory system The nervous system. The nervous system has two main parts: • The central nervous system – CNS; This is composed of the brain and the spinal
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Nervous Conditions Summary Nervous Conditions Summary The narrator‚ Tambudzai‚ Tambu for short‚ begins this story at the end: "I was not sorry when my brother died." That happened in the year 1968‚ and the first chapter sets the context for that event. In anecdotal style‚ Tambu looks back at the year 1965‚ when her father decided that Nhamo‚ Tambu’s older brother‚ would go to the mission school and live with Babamukuru‚ Tambu’s uncle. She remembers how her father was always grateful for the
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skeleton is often described as a solid‚ moveable framework that supports the body. Bone is a strong and rigid form of connective tissue. It also works as levers and anchor plates to allow movement to take place. Bones also work for alternative body systems for example the blood cells develop in their fatty inner tissue (red marrow). The body draws from mineral stores in bones during crucial times of shortage‚ for instance when calcium is needed for healthy nerve functioning. The skeletons key components
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The building blocks of our body ’ s neural information system are neurons. Each neuron is composed of dendrites‚ a cell body‚ axon with myelin sheath‚ and vesicles with neurotransmitters. The neuron receives information from sense receptors or from chemical messages from neighboring neurons via its dendrites‚ which pass the information to the cell body. The cell body fires an impulse‚ called the action potential‚ down the axon. The impulse is protected and sped along its way by the myelin sheath
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different function. This includes the brain stem which connects to the spinal chord. The brains stem helps to perform basic functions for humans like heart rate‚ breathing‚ digesting food‚ and for sleeping. You can locate the brainstem below the limbic system. The Brainstem contains the pons and medulla. The pons is above the medulla and helps to perform motor control like sounds are transferred from the ear to the brain through the pons. It also helps with your consciousness and sleep. The pons is linked
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The brain develops very quickly 75% by age 2. Describe the brain’s communication system and all of the individual parts associated with this. Neuron‚ axon dendrite‚ synapse‚ neurotransmitter and receptor. Also include transient exuberance. Neuron consists of a cell body and branching fibers. Neurons can communicate by firing chemical or electrical signals. It is excitable and can transmit and process information through electrical and chemical signals. Those signals occur in synapses. Synapses are
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Aging in the brain is a complex process that involves several systems and structures. Normal aging not only shows a decreased activity in neurotransmission‚ but also is a major risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Dysfunction of the central noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems is one of the biological characteristics of aging‚ which may contribute to changes in cognitive and motor functions in aged persons. Furthermore‚ aging-dependent norepinephrine (NE) loss occurs earlier
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Patriarchal oppression is one of the major themes in Dangarembga’s Nervous conditions. According to Dambe 2014‚ patriarchy refers to a system of practices and structures in which men have more power than women and are able to use their power to dominate and oppress women. It is this patriarchal distribution of power that puts women in all kinds of dilemmas in the novel. One of weapon men use to oppress women is “silence and obedience’. Silence and obedience are considered as important values in Shona
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