Things Fall Apart

The way Okonkwo reacts to each of the things that Unoka and Ikemefuna do and say highlight his character. For example, his fear of weakness is highly illuminated when he slays Ikemefuna in a daze. His lack of wisdom due to disrespect of his father is shown when he is annoyed by his father trying to console him after the drought then torrential rains during Okonkwo's first harvest. His desire for strong children is shown through his acceptance of Ikemefuna as his son.

1. Women are expected to sit in specific ways. A woman has her 2 legs together.
2. The daughters bring the food to their father, and wait for him to finish eating before returning the dish to their mother.
3. Boys bring their chairs for their fathers, not daughters.
4. The eldest wife's dish is eaten first, then the next wife, and the next after that.

Okonkwo originally lives his life in Umuofia, but he is exiled for seven years. During this time, he lives in his motherland, Mbanta. He eventually returns to Umuofia.

Okonkwo lives in the village Umuofia. It is believed to be near the river Niger

Okonkwo is a strong farmer, wrestler and fighter, although a poor hunter. He is a proud manly warrior, who is stern and hard working.

The people in Things Fall Apart are villagers of the Igbo tribe.

1. During a village meeting, after Osugo contradicts him, Okonkwo responds without looking, saying "This meeting is for men." Osugo is an agbala with no titles.

2. Later, when Ojiugo neglects to cook for Okonkwo and her children, Okonkwo beats her heavily despite it being the Week of Peace.

3. After being rebuked by priest of the earth goddess for this act, Okonkwo was not outwardly repentant.

4. When training his children to cut yams, he threatens to break Nwoye's jaw when pointing out one of his mistakes. He menaces Ikemefuna too for his lack of skill.

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.

The elders expect that the gods will shower their wrath on the missionaries and that the Christians will be dead within a week. This is because they have built their church in the evil forest.

Internal Conflict: Huck dealing with his conscience(society), and his acceptance for Jim as equal to him.

External Conflict: Pap beating up Huck, when Huck and Jim got separated, Jim and Huck camping out in bad weather.

The fable of the tortoise, is how a greedy tortoise tricked the birds during a feast with man in the heavens, and ended up eating most of the food. In revenge, a bird played a trick on tortoise, causing tortoise to break his shell, making it all bumpy when reformed.

You didn't read the yam book at all, did you?

Personally, i dont sympathize with him at all because many of the events that occured, Okonkwo brought onto himself. For example, the beating of his wife during the week of peace, and his murder of Ikemefuna; the ideal son of Okonkwo.

At the end of chapter 13, on page 124.

At Ezeudu's funeral, Okonkwo's gun explodes during a gun salute and a piece of iron goes into Ezeudu's 16 year old son's heart.

They are listened to respectfully for 5 days, and then given land in the evil forest to build their church. They build the church and convert people gradually. At one point their followers are ostracized by the Mbantans, but this does not last long, and eventually life goes back to normal.

The Christian church was burnt down for multiple reasons.

1. It was harbouring the criminal Enoch, who unmasked and killed the egwugwu spirit.

2. It had 'bred abominations' (such as Enoch).

There are various reasons for this. One is that he is writing about Igbo culture, so there are some words that do not translate directly into English. At other times, a translation into English would provide additional unwanted subtext that a word carries in a specific language. He also wishes to highlight the differences between the Ibo culture and the English culture, noting that they have different instruments for example. Their gong is not just a gong, but is a ogene. In this way he shows that there does exist a complicated culture among the tribesmen.

Their is none. Things fall apart has nothing to do with religion. Did you read the book?

Nwoye begins emulating Ikemefuna, and outwardly showing stereotypical masculine qualities, like grumbling about women and their troubles, feigning annoyance, and pretending he no longer cared for stories his mother and other women told. He was sent to do more difficult masculine tasks like splitting wood, and pounding food. Nwoye also began listening more to his father's stories, including those of wrestling and war.

He feels that he has a duty to the gods and the Oracle to participate. He delivers the killing blow because when Ikemefuna cries out to him, he inwardly feels compassion, and worries that he might do something that would cause him to be seen as unmanly, like attempting to save the child. Okonkwo overcompensates by killing Ikemefuna himself, and ending the personal trial.

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.

The story of how the tortoise got a bumpy shell is told in things fall apart.

Another story is that of Mother Kite who sent her daughter to get food. Her daughter first took a duckling but returned it because the mother said nothing. She then returned with a chick and could eat it because the mother cursed it.

If that were to happen to me, i would try to be around him more, and think of the things he would want to do. then i would invite the family, including him and see if he comes. if he does,then be nice about everything. if it is fishing, and he cooks the fish, offer to cook the fish for him this time! try it!

'Progress' appears with the coming of Christianity and the European colonists.

It is unknown whether this progress actually causes progress.

In some ways, it rescues particular people from being shunned from the rest of the tribe, and provides them tools that they didn't have before. In other ways, it causes the previous civilization to fall apart.