To be accepted is to feel comfortable. Exception among humans may come in many different forms. One may learn how to accept him or herself, or a person can feel exception because of another human. In “The Thing Around Your Neck” and “The Shivering” in The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, acceptance happens within a relationship containing two humans. When a person is previously hurt mentally or emotionally, it is easier to find acceptance through another person opposed to finding acceptance within him or herself.
In “The Thing Around Your Neck” the narrator, Akunna, feels accepted because she has fallen in love. Previous to her newly found relationship, Akunna had many traumatizing memories and events that had caused her
