I viewed Ikemefuna as a son. Ikemefuna had been with our family for three years‚ so I really didn’t count on things changing. When Ezeudu told that the oracle ordered him dead I was shocked. I didn’t know what to do. I thought maybe Obierika would know what to do‚ but I was even more confused after leaving his compound. How could I let someone just kill this boy who called me father‚ but I wasn’t willing to let anyone call me a coward. So I did what had to be done‚ I told Ikemefuna that he was going
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1. ------------------------------------------------- Two Europeans‚ Kayerts and Carlier work on an outpost in Africa. They work for a Belgian ivory trading company. The outpost is very isolated‚ and the men must have their supplies/food delivered by boat. At the station work ten black natives and Makola. He is the storekeeper and lives at the station with his wife. At first Kayerts and Carlier are working very hard. They want to get very rich‚ but after a while they become lazy. One day‚ Makola
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is the story of an Ibo tribe before and during the arrival of white missionaries. The main character‚ Okonkwo‚ is a highly respected man within his society who slowly falls in esteem as the story goes on. He involves himself in more and more conflicts with the people around him‚ including an ongoing battle of impossibly high standards for his son Nwoye‚ who decides to leave his family in the end for the Anglican Church. The warrior archetype Okonkwo is too rooted
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Although his dad was an unhonoured and a lazy man. Okonkwo ‚the son of Unoka ‚ has managed to become an influential clan leader in Umofia. Since his childhood Okokwo was always embarrassed of his dad. To begin with‚ Unoka was a lazy man‚ he left all his farming for the last minute; moreover‚ he was a profligate and a spendthrift‚ he borrowed money from his clansmen and never returned them back .Furthermore‚ he was soft and liked music also he feared the sight of blood; therefore‚ he never became
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Okonkwo’s emotions when he shoots the chief’s son Such a sad day today‚ the chief of the clan has died. He was such a great man‚the third oldest of all nine villages and he improved the clan greatly. He made the clan so strong‚ that they could defeat all their enemies. I always showed respected the chief and “A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness”(chapter 3). The chief was an inspiration to me and I will miss his leadership‚ but his death could have an advantage
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Anais Garza September 21‚ 2013 Egwugwu mask The Egwugwu were a significant part of not only Umuofia‚ but the Ibo culture as a whole. They represented the spiritual ancestors of Umuofia. They were similar to the “justice system” of today. The Egwugwu were seen as wise and ultimately the most respectable members of the clan. They would review a case of the people and agree on a ruling they felt was “just”. For example‚ Achebe writes about the Egwugwu judging the case of Uzowulu and his constantly
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Okonkwo often commits violent acts when he is attending public gatherings such as festivals‚ or while a sacred holiday is being observed. Some of his violent acts occurring during these times include: beating his wife during the week of peace‚ killing Ikemefuna‚ and accidentally killing Ezeudu’s son. His violent tendencies often result in consequences for him and even his family. The week of peace is a very important to Igbo culture. “We should observe a week in which a man does not say a harsh
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The Martyr A man’s quest to rebuild a once sacred tradition is soon forgotten and he himself‚ massacred by his own hands. Umuofia‚ a war like a village is quickly torn apart when white colonists ravage there once sacred religion into corruption and in this‚ a man named Okonkwo faces them and tries to summon an insurrection to chase the “evil” and bring back a once peaceful village. Okonkwo ultimately loses himself in search of his ideals through his own actions and radical perspectives. Okonkwo’s
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Honors Period 1 22 May 2012 Tragic Character and Plot in Things Fall Apart Despite being written in 1959 and set in Nigeria‚ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe reads much like a Greek tragedy. AmidstPrinciples from Aristotle’s theory of tragedy in the Poetics are evident throughout the novel‚ and contribute to the development of the protagonist and the incidents of the plot. Amid the images of slaves‚ missionaries‚ and western colonialism‚ Achebe uses these principles to create a tragic character
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thinking you’re having a baby‚ and the next thing it’s not happening anymore. Imagine thinking you have a boyfriend... and the next thing he cheats with a witch... who then claims she’s pregnant‚ and now you must nurse his pain? No way. - You don’t understand. - Don’t defend him. I’m not‚ I just feel for him. Maybe you should feel for yourself. You weren’t wrong to sell those things. Mumsy was a stress in your relationship. And this baby thing... I’m not sure I want to have a baby. But you
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