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Ekwefi was first married to Anene, a man she did not love, for two years. Nine of ten children that she bore died in childbirth, while Okonkwo's other wives had many healthy children. Ekwefi was occasionally beat by Okonkwo. Ekwefi was nearly shot by Okonkwo's gun when he was in a rage. Ekwefi had to let her child go with Chielo in the middle of the night as Ekwefi worried about her.

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Why does Ekwefi have a bitter attitude about life?

Ekwefi has a bitter attitude about life because she has suffered significant hardships and losses, including the deaths of her many children. These traumas have shaped her outlook on life, leading to feelings of resentment, sorrow, and disillusionment.


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Motherhood is an important part to a woman in Igbo society. Ekwefi's nine other children had died


Why is Ezinma's illness so upsetting to Ekwefi?

Ezinma is the only child of Ekwefi who survives past the age of 5. Ekwefi does not wish to lose her oldest surviving child to illness, like many of Ezinma's sisters and brothers. When Ezinma gets sick, part of Ekwefi is resigned that her daughter will die, (like her brothers and sisters) and she begins to grieve.


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What caused Ekwefi and Ezinma to be close in things fall apart?

Ezinma was the only one of nearly a dozen of Ekwefi's children that survived past early childhood. Ekwefi treasures her deeply. Ezinma shares her mother's beauty when she grows up, even sharing the same nickname, the "Crystal of Beauty." They enjoy trading stories and singing to each other.


What is Ekwefi and Ezinma's relationship like?

Ezinma was an ogbanje child and Ekwefi is her mother. Since an ogbanje child is on whom dies but comes back to cause the mother pain, this shows that this was what Ezinma was supposed to do. Ezinma is the only child Ekwefi had and this was why. Because she is the only child, Ezinma and Ekwefi are very close.


What is the relationship between Chielo and Ekwefi?

Chielo is friends with Ekwefi, and they get along well. Chielo sometimes gives bean cakes to Ekwefi to give to Ezinma. However, when Chielo becomes the priestess, she becomes like a completely separate person with no empathetic relationship with Ekwefi. Ekwefi is afraid of this incarnation of Chielo.


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What was the relationship between Ekwefi and Ezinma in Things Fall Apart?

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Is suffered a common noun?

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What did Ekwefi do after Ezinma went to see Agbala?

Ekwefi decided to follow the priestess who was taking Ezinma to see Agbala.