Weep Not Child By Ngugi

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himself to compete against Jacobo's daughter, and feels happy when he succeeds ahead of her. As the reader can see, the high expectation of education is all lost when Njorge is force to withdraw from school.
Ngugi observes the family as the central part of society, where it holds the community together. It is an aspect that is tightly integrated together with the culture of the people. As the society crumbles, so does the family structure, and vice versa. Ngugi starts the novel with a tightly bound family, who held onto each other. As seen, there were social gatherings, where stories would be told. As the society progresses into turmoil, chaos starts to erupt. The system is breaking down. There is no more social gatherings, and a curfew is set. Mr. Howlands plan was to have them to destroy themselves. "The blacks were destroying the blacks. They would destroy themselves to the end. One can say that the fall of the society caused the break down of the family ...

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