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Q: What happens when the court messengers arrive in Things Fall Apart?
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Who is anteo and what happens to him from Things Fall Apart?

There is no such character in Things Fall Apart.


What does okonko do when messengers from the british interrupts a meeting?

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo kills one of the messengers, but the villagers let the others escape.


What event happened in the marketplace in things fall apart?

Five court messengers came to stop the meeting. Okonkwo decapitated one of them.


What is kotma in the book Things Fall Apart?

In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, kotma refers to court messengers or interpreters employed by the British colonial administration in Nigeria. They were often seen as collaborators with the colonial powers and were resented by the indigenous Igbo people.


Who is killed at a rally for the umuofia in things fall apart?

One of the messengers that the white colonists sent to stop the rally were killed. The rest of them got away.


How many pages does things fall apart have?

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe typically has around 209 pages, but the exact number may vary depending on the edition and publisher.


What is the nationality of court messengers in things fall apart?

The messengers near the end of the book try to stop the village from having it's meeting, since it seems like the meeting will lead to an uprising. Okonkwo kills one of them when he persists in trying to stop the meeting.


What unfortunate event happens to the christians during the week before Easter Things Fall Apart?

No one thing happens to all Christians at the same time.


What is the anticlimax of things fall apart?

Although this is debatable, the anticlimax would probably everything that followed Okonkwo's killing of the messenger, including the escape of the other four messengers, the hanging of Okonkwo, and the Commissioner's final interaction with Okonkwo.


Who were the kotma and what did people think of them from things fall apart?

Kotma was a short form of court messengers, Africans who were messengers for the white men's authority. Their uniform consisted of ash coloured shorts, for which they were derided, being called "Ashy-buttocks". They served as prison guards, and were looked down upon for being foreigners, slave to the white man's will, and for subjugating other villagers due to unjust laws.


Are wedges used to break things apart?

sometimes but it can pull things apart too.


what simple machines can push things apart?

A wedge is used for pushing things apart.