What quotes were in things fall apart?

Answer 1

There were many notable quotes in Things Fall Apart. Some quotes include:

"She gave the dish to her father's eldest brother and then shook hands, very shyly, with her suitor and his relatives."

"He was a flaming fire."

"He heaved a heavy sigh and went away with the gun."

"'Is it true that Okonkwo nearly killed you with his gun?'"

"'They have indeed soiled the name of ozo.'"

Answer 2

Many things happen to Nwoye including:

• He is born - because his mother was impregnated by Okonkwo
• Nwoye is beat by his father Okonkwo - Okonkwo believes this was the best way to raise a youth
• Nwoye gains a father's wife - Ekwefi ran away from her husband to be with Okonkwo.
• Nwoye gains a sister, Obigaeli - Okonkwo impregnates Obigaeli's mother
• Nwoye gains a half-sister, Ekwefi - Okonkwo took Ekwefi into his hut
• Nwoye gains another father's wife - Okonkwo took a third wife.
• Nwoye gains another half-sister, Nkechi - Okonkwo impregnates his third wife
• Nwoye gains more brothers and sisters - Okonkwo impregnates his wives repeatedly.
• Nwoye gains an adopted older brother - Okonkwo went to Mbaino over a dispute over a killed wife of Ogbuefi Udo
• Nwoye is fed by his mother - his mother cooked food.
• Nwoye is taught how to cut seed yams - Okonkwo wants him to learn how to cut seed yams.
• Nwoye's adopted older brother is killed - The oracle declared that Ikemefuna must die.

Answer 3

There are many. Some include:

• It was this man that Okonkwo threw in a fight which the old men agreed was one of the fiercest since the founder of their town engaged a spirit of the wild for seven days and seven nights.
• Then send him word to fight for us.
• It is not our custom to fight for our gods.
• No, I take a stick and break his head.
• We cannot offer physical resistance to them.
• Without further argument Okonkwo gave her a sound beating and left her and her only daughter weeping.

Answer 4

Some important quotes from "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe include:

1. "The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." (Chapter 20)

2. "There is no story that is not true." (Chapter 18)

3. "Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." (Proverb)

Answer 5

Nwoye is Okonkwo's son from his first wife. Nwoye is Okonkwo's eldest son. Unfortunately, he is not manly like his father, but more effeminate like his grandfather Unoka.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Nwoye is black