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Evidence - Essay Example However, we had a minor misunderstanding on the day of the marriage and I refused to eat breakfast in the morning. But he forced food into my mouth and forced me to drink and choked my neck. After marriage his attitude started to change and he argued over issues big or small. Every time we argued he cursed saying that Ethiopians are poor, liars, thieves and whores. One day, after I finished preparing dinner at home, we agreed that I brew coffee and an argument started. And I told him I was not going to brew coffee the ceremonial way as we do in Ethiopia as this would take a lot of time and moreover, we were not in a good mood. He shouted ordering me to brew coffee and jostled me around. He pushed me into the kitchen and forced me to make coffee and forced me to prepare coffee. After I prepared coffee he ordered me to clean the kitchen right then. But, as I was forced to make the coffee, I refused to clean the kitchen and went to bedroom to sleep. He pulled me out of the bedroom and s at me in the corridor. I rose up and told him that I wanted to go to sleep. He laid my head on the floor of the corridor and poured cold ice water over my head. Again I rose up and wanted to go into the bedroom to sleep. He shouted and pushed me around me around and said that I am not permitted in the bedroom and that my place is in the bathroom. Eventually I went in and slept. On another day after grocery shopping, we wanted Injera. We went to an Ethiopia restaurant and ordered a carryout of Doro Wot and Kitfo. He started cursing saying that he is not being served timely because he is not an Ethiopian. I picked a flyer advertising a fashion show night and looked at it and he also did the same. He continued cursing saying â€Å"you whores, this tells you are whores†. I told him I have no interest in talking but he continued saying you beggars, you do not have anything to eat. Then I told him that I did not come because Ethiopia is poor and that I did not have anything to eat. I told him that I came to live a happy/peaceful married life with him. He continued his rough/rude ways and asked me to go back to my country. Finally the carry out was ready and we come home and as we prepared to eat he continued by saying, that Ethiopia is poor and that America gives millions of dollars to Ethiopia. He brought his laptop and as he talked started the internet. Then I said to him, you keep speaking badly about Ethiopia but I will fall back to my tradition. We Ethiopians do not argue while we are eating and I will not enter into conversation with you. When I said this, he snatched the food I was eating and dumped in into the garbage including his portion. He then went to the refrigerator and pulled out food and threw it in the garbage, He then asked me, â€Å"what else do you want me to throw into the garbage?† I told him that I never asked him to throw anything and to keep me out of this. Do you want me to take it out? He asked. I told him I have no say as I did not have any say when he threw the food away. Then he went and pulled out the packaged foods and put them in the sink. He took the Doro Wot and Kitfo out from the garbage. I went and sat by the sofa. He brought the Doro Wot and Kitfo and sat it by my foot and said, here eat it if you want. Then he picked the food including the hot pepper and started spreading it on my hair, my eyes, my face, my neck, my breast. I stood up to go to wash but he