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    Ikemefuna Quotes

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    Ikemefuna- “Father (To Okonkwo).” Ikemefuna is a boy who was given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village. Ikemefuna influences Nwoye in a way that changes Nwoye forever and helps Nwoye to become a man. Ikemefuna and Nwoye become very close friends as well as brothers and they start to bond with one another. Ikemefuna is loved by Okonkwo because he calls Okonkwo father. Ogbuefi Ezeudu visits Okonkwo to tell him that Ikemefuna must die and that Okonkwo must take no

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    Ikemefuna Alternate Ending

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    Over the next few days‚ I gradually started to learn more and more about Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna started to talk to me a lot more after he had known me for just a few days. He told me that he was 14 years old‚ older than me by 2 years. I liked hearing stories about him and his village. He told me about his family. One day I turned to him and asked‚ “Your village sounds great‚ but why are you here?” He glanced at me‚ eyes full of tears and replied‚ “I am not sure. I was sitting in my home with my family

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    In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo made the wrong decision in killing Ikemefuna because he was like a son‚ the death of Ikemefuna caused Nwoye’s distrust in him‚ and the guilt he felt in killing Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was like a son to Okonkwo‚ Okonkwo told him stories and shared his food with him‚ even others not in their family could see this. When Okonkwo finds out that Ikemefuna is to be killed‚ Ezeudu‚ a village elder‚ tells Okonkwo “to have nothing to do with it. He calls you his

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    mindsets‚ leading him to tragic actions throughout the book. Okonkwo makes a quick‚ irrational decision to kill Ikemefuna because his image of masculinity and his status in the clan is threatened and the feminine emotions of fear and compassion that previously plagued his father begin to surface. The break between masculinity and femininity leads to unexpected consequences. The death of Ikemefuna is heavily influenced by Okonkwo’s fear of becoming like his father‚ Unoka‚ who was perceived as weak and feminine

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    In the book ‘Things Fall Apart’ Chinua Achebe describes Ikemefuna as an ‘ill fated lad’. Behind the meaning of this description lie different literary elements that pay a great significance to the book‚ in general. Before the author describes Ikemefuna in this manner‚ he writes about Okonkwo’s reputation and youth. He says‚ referring to Okonkwo‚ ‘He was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams‚ and had just married his third wife’. By saying these words‚ the author wants to show Okonkwo

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    1900's Death Rate

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    the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only 20%

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    In Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo worries that after his participation in the killing of Ikemefuna his emotions will show as a sign of weakness. Expressing emotions as a male is seen as a sign of femininity and therefore a sign of weakness in Ibe culture. Okonkwo tries to hide his emotions behind his actions and temper that lead to the foreshadowed ending of the village slowly falling apart. At the start of the novel we are introduced to Okonkwo as an amazing fighter who was nothing like his selfish

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    meets Miriam. Miriam then begins to dramatically change Mrs. Miller’s life. Miriam’s appearance is mysterious and appears in Mrs. Miller’s dreams. She also seems to have a connection to an old man Mrs. Miller sees on the street. Miriam is an angel of death. To start‚ Miriam’s façade gives her a supernatural and ominous look. At the beginning of the story‚ Mrs. Miller is waiting in line for a movie. She then notices Miriam and is mystified by her physical features. Capote writes‚ “Her hair was the longest

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    the reader to be interested in the story. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ a character that is given personal qualities throughout the novel is Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna is described as sensitive‚ smart and as a role model. At first‚ when Ikemefuna arrived to Umuofia as a sacrifice‚ he is described implicitly as sensitive. Since Ikemefuna missed his family back home in Mbaino‚ he would try to run away. In the novel it says‚ “Once or twice he tried to run away but he did not know where

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    never got to see Germany’s surrender. He died of a stroke on April 12‚ 1945‚ just months before. He was succeeded by his Vice President Harry Truman. Harry S. Truman‚ previously Roosevelt’s Vice President‚ was the President of the United States‚ succeeding Roosevelt after his death. Truman had met privately with Roosevelt a few times before his death‚ but was never truly informed of the enormous secret that was revealed to him after sworn in—the Manhattan Project. After being informed of the nuclear

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