Nissa's Story

Nissa had five different sections on what she experienced throughout her lifetime. The first section that she discussed was what her life was like before she entered adult hood. Nissa went in depth about how she survived - health wise. She owned nothing because she lived in the bush, and not the village. She relied a lot on her father for food because providing that supply was the male role during that time period. She told stories of when her father would bring home food and how it would excite her since her family did not own much. She also shared her dislike of stingy people that she was surrounded by. Later in the section, Nissa shares her first marriage/loss and what it felt like. At first, she wasn't for her marriage, but eventually learned how to love her husband. She became extremely attached to all of her husbands, but losing them was never easy for her. She felt hopeless because she did not know who would care for her children which gave her the reason to search for new love continuously. I honestly feel like she becomes selfish in this section because she's using the men for their abilities. There's no true love that's given back to the men she falls for. She only wants them for their food, money, and of course sex. Her excuse was that woman shouldn't wait around doing nothing because if her husband doesn't provide what she wants, she's left with him because she didn't explore for someone else.

What do you think of Nissa's account as a description of what Paleolithic peoples might have been like?

I feel like the Paleolithic era is no different to how society is like today. People still experience the same situations that Nissa gone through during her lifetime. The only thing that changed from back then to now is that men don't have the role of providing. Today, both genders share that role. There are a lot of cases now of women being single and having to provide for themselves including their family. They can't expect different men to help provide for them in order to live. Women can't just "sit around" anymore because things such as money, food, love, and education won't be handed to them. Especially in this era because everyone works hard for what they earn.