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Chielo says that she must take Ezinma to see Agbala. She takes Ezinma around the 9 villages and then to the shrine cave for the Oracle of the Hills and Caves.

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In the book Things Fall Apart what did Chielo want with Ezinma?

Chielo wanted to take Ezinma to be seen by Agbala. In honesty, Chielo may have just been lonely, as she was a widow who only had 2 children of her own, not a great family. She had taken a particular fondness with Ezinma, calling her 'my daughter'.


Who comes to abduct Ezinma?

The Oracle of Agbala comes to take Ezinma. She is normally called Chielo.


What child is carried away by Chielo?

Ezinma is carried on Chielo's back out of Okonkwo's compound. They take a journey to see Agbala.


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.


Why does Chielo go to Okonkwo's compound?

Chielo goes to Okonkwo's compound to bring Ezinma, her 'daughter' to speak with the goddess Agbala. The woman and girl end up traversing around the nine villages before ending up in the cave of the oracle.


Why did Chielo take Ezinma to the cave?

The priestess crawled out of her cave with her belly to the ground like a snake. With Ezinma on her back, the priestess travelled back to Ezinma's home and placed Ezinma in her own bed to sleep.


What does Ekwefi do after Chielo took Ezinma?

Ekwefi follows Chielo as she goes to the other village and finally back to her cave. She then waits outside the cave, not daring to invoke the god's wrath upon herself. While she is following Chielo and Ezinma, Ekwefi tries to take care not to be discovered by Chielo, and thus displease the gods.


How has Okonkwo tried to protect Ezinma?

When Ezinma was believed to be an ogbanje, Okonkwo went looking with Ezinma for the stone, angrily interrogating her. He then dug a huge pit to find her iyi-uwa. When Ezinma was sick, Okonkwo made a medicine and forced Ezinma to be steamed in an attempt to cure her. When Chielo came to take Ezinma, Okonkwo pleaded with Chielo to come back in the morning. Overall, Okonkwo has provided for Ezinma as her daughter and has indirectly made sure that she has both food and shelter.


Who came for Ezinma and why?

Many suitors in Mbanta came to ask for Ezinma's hand in marriage. Eventually she married a suitor who came to her from Umuofia. Chielo came to her one night to take her to Agbala.


What is Chielo's position in the village and her relationship to Ekwefi in things fall apart?

Chielo is the priestess of the Oracle to Agbala. Her opinion as a voice to the gods and ancestors is held in high regard, particularly regarding inter-village relationships. Chielo is a friend to Ekwefi.


Who wanted to take Ezinma to see Agbala?

Okonkwo wanted to take Ezinma to see Agbala in the novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. Agbala is the Oracle of the Hills and Caves, a highly respected deity in the Igbo culture, and Okonkwo wanted Ezinma to see Agbala for spiritual guidance and protection.


What role did Chika and Chielo take in Things Fall Apart?

Chielo helps show some of the religious culture of the Igbo. Further, her story serves as a way to reinforce the Ezinma-Ekwefi ties, as well as make Okonkwo out to be a more sympathetic character, despite his harsh outwards demeanour.