Cell One Adichie Analysis

Violence involves the consistent abusive behaviours towards any individual by physical force in any kind of relationship which is sequentially used to gain and retain power over people. Today violence in the society is more gratuitous that it has ever been. In ‘Cell One’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the story focuses on the violence of the rampant crime and the corruption of the policing situation in Nigeria by telling the tale of how her brother, Nnambia goes from acting like an adolescent full of angst and neglecting others or punishment to being conversant about the impact of his actions and the adversity he experiences in prison. Based on a true story, the effect of ferocity and abuse of power is the contentment the abuser gets from hurting

The motivation of violence is retribution, not due to the malicious nature of all human beings but due to the desire for justice of humankind. The cults get the gratification of avenging others particularly their arch nemesis by killing each other and this act concurs with the old saying, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Similarly, when the policemen laughed at the old man who rubbed his back against the wet floor and mocked him as he paraded in the corridor unclothed, the policemen felt the sense of satisfaction from getting even with him in place of his wanted son. In short, one’s thirst for revenge causes the retaliatory outrage of the authoritative individual towards the victim by mistreating the victim

By the same token, the helpless ill old man who was abused by the policemen faced humiliation and loss of self-esteem as the old man had no authority to stop the violence he was witnessing. To enumerate this, the innocent old man whom was jailed in place for the crime his runaway son had committed was forced by the policemen to take off all his clothes and parade in the passageway outside the cell where he was publicly humiliated by the prisoners. Therefore, the old man was limited to the freedom of choice and rights to live liberally as he had no say since the police had the upper hand. The conflicting actions and statements by the abuser were done ingeniously to confuse the victims by tricking them into believing that the perpetrator was making up the abuse or that the mistreatment was due to their misbehaviours. In essence, people who are emotionally abused in the present civilization will feel as if they do not own themselves; rather, they may feel that the abuser has nearly aggregate control over