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Who is considered to be an ogbanje?
In Things Fall Apart, the children of Ekwefi including Ezinma, Onwumbiko (Death, I Implore you), Ozoemena (May it not happen again), and Onwuma (Death may please himself) are considered ogbanje.
What did the medicine man tell Okonkwo after the death of Ekwefi?
This event did not happen. Ekwefi was still alive when Okonkwo hung himself. However, many of Ekwefi's children had died before.
Why did the villagers believe that a stone is important in Things Fall Apart?
This is probably the iyi-uwa, a stone owned by ogbanje. With posession of this stone, the medicine man is able to prevent Ezinma from dying and being reborn in Ekwefi again only to repeat the cycle of death and rebirth.
What does okonkwo name the children born to him in mbanta?
Okonkwo has many children: Nwoye: son of his first wife. Obiageli: daughter of his first wife. Ikemefuna: adopted son. Ezinma: daughter of Ekwefi Nkechi: daughter of Ojiugo Nneka: first child born to Okonkwo in Mbanta. "Mother is Supreme." Nwofia: son born 2 years after Nneka. "Begotten in the Wilderness." Onwumbiko: "Death, I Implore you." Third children borne to Ekwefi who dies in his fifteenth month. Ozoemena: "May it not happen again." 4th child of Ekwefi, born after Onwumbiko. Dies in her eleventh month. Onwuma: "Death may please himself." 5th child of Ekwefi. Other: - At least 6 other children are born to Ekwefi who die shortly after birth. - At least 4 other living sons besides Nwofia - Others not named. Note: Obiageli may actually be Ojiugo's daughter, but used by the first wife to deliver meals. Another possibility is that both Ojiugo and the first wife have daughters named Obiageli, or that the first wife's name is also Ojiugo. This could also be a continuity error by Achebe.
How was Ekwefi's despair reflected in the names she gave her children?
Her names for her children first reflect her despair at her children dying each time, asking for a different result, but then after more deaths the names move into defiance or resignation.Onwumbiko: Death I Implore you.Ozoemena: May it not happen again.Onwuma: Death may please himself.
What is the second death in things fall apart?
Ikemefuna's death is the second death mentioned in the book, in chapter 1 after the mention of Unoka's death.
Why did the egwugwu gather In Things Fall Apart?
The egwugwu gather for several reasons:FestivalsCourtFuneralsRevenging the death of one of their own.
What is Ekwefi's story?
Ekwefi was a woman who loved wrestling, and fell in love with Okonkwo when she saw him throw Amalinze the Cat. She wanted to marry Okonkwo, but at the time, Okonkwo was too poor to marry. She ended up marrying another man, Anene, but after a couple years she ran away from him during the night to Okonkwo. Okonkwo took her and made love to her in his obi. Ekwefi became Okonkwo's second wife. Her love of wrestling remained. She bore child after child, but they all died during their early years until she had Ezinma. She treated her daughter Ezinma like a sister, as an equal. She continued to have children with Okonkwo, and fathered at least 10 children with him. Ekwefi often drew Okonkwo's rage, and was beaten by him occasionally. After one particular beating near the Festival of Yams, she made fun of Okonkwo's lack of prowess with a gun. This remark earned her a near-death experience, as Okonkwo discharged the gun at her, but did not end up hitting her. During one day, her daughter Ezinma was taken by the oracle Agbala's representative Chielo late at night. Worried for her daughter, she risked the wrath of the Gods by secretly following Chielo around the nine villages and back to her cave home where she communed with Agbala, all in very low light. Her daughter Ezinma also came down with the Iba or fever one day. She feared for Ezinma's death, but Ezinma managed to be healed by her father, Okonkwo. After Ezinma's iwi-uya was found, she felt much more relieved. Ekwefi continued to stay with Okonkwo, following him in exile to Mbanta, and then back home to Umuofia.
What is the meaning of the story vulture and sky in Things Fall Apart?
The story of the vulture and the sky in "Things Fall Apart" symbolizes the inevitable cycle of life and death. The vulture represents death and decay, while the sky represents eternity and the continuation of life. Through this story, the author conveys the idea that life and death are interconnected and that one must accept the natural order of things.
What did the medicine man tell Okonkwo after the death of Ekwefi's second child?
He tells Okonkwo that the child is an ogbanje, a child who after dying re-enters their mother's womb to be born again.
What examples of personification are used in things fall apart?
In "Things Fall Apart," personification is used when Okonkwo refers to his gun as a "harmless mute." Another example is when the drums of death are described as "beating for the sudden death of the mother of a lad." These instances help bring life and emotion to inanimate objects or abstract concepts.
What innocence is drowned in the book things fall apart?
Chinua Achebe takes his title "Things Fall Apart" from William Butler Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming". The poem states that in the state of anarchy, things fall apart. Achede substitutes colonialism for anarchy and the death of the Ibo culture and religion by missionaries, who replaced their native values with Christianity for "The ceremony of Innocence drowned" in Yeat's poem.
