Jonnah Rebadajo

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That Same Night

That same night is a story of a woman who, maybe, fell in love or was attracted to a man. On that night when they met, many things happened. She felt happy with the man and on that same night, she was betrayed and left by the man.

In my opinion, the story is about prostitution. The woman in the story is a prostitute wherein she was given money just to give pleasure to a man. The lines “He picked me along the way”, “I looked forward to his nightly play” and “He denied me my pay” clearly shows that she was engaged in prostitution. She is willing to give that man his wants but he must pay her with money. Prostitution is still an illegal job that is still present this time. And I believe that there are some women engaged in prostitution, who, in the end of the game of two is still defeated and is fooled by many men who only wanted their service. Poverty is one of the causes of prostitution. Just to gain money, many people, mostly women including the character in the poem (used as a representation of women engaged in the said job) are selling their body and dignity. One night with a man who only wants your service and your body and eventually will dump you without giving the money that you need is the most dreadful situation that a woman can experience.

Source: http://www.africanwriterstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/suubi.pdf

Title: That Same Night by Elone N. Ainebyoona