Things Fall Apart

One object Okonkwo drinks from is the skull of the first warrior he killed.

Due to superstition, they believe Ezinma is an ogbanje, a child who will die only to be reborn in her mother's womb. As such, the family is required to find her iwi-uya putting Ezinma through a trial as she struggles to make up a story that will fulfill the villagers' fantasy.

Chukwu is the supreme god.

Chi is the personal god of each person.

Women farm, cook, take care of children, get pregnant, pacify their men with consummation, clean houses, and go to the market among other things.

Their contribution ensures that children grow strong and can thrive. They are the solid foundation that their children can come back to when their explorations into the world lead them into trouble or suffering.

He was a stern, abrasive man, who tried to embody the concept of manliness. He was outwardly unrepentant, and looked at himself as the dominant man who would lead by himself even if no one would follow.

It is like he is being reborn in the Christian or European culture, abandoning his tribal identity.

This is not the case. Nwoye converts to Christianity, but does not wish to abandon his family. However, Okonkwo's temperament makes this impossible.

Okonkwo was warned not to kill his adopted son, but ends up doing it. Later on, he ends up killing Ezeudo's son in an accident. It is suggested that this may be the work of the gods, as punishment for the first act.

He rules his household with little emotion besides anger, and a heavy hand

Depending on the version, this could be page 131, at the end of Part 1, Chapter 13.

Fall Apart Art was created in 2006.

Yes. The weight of the water, and or other objects can cause the wood to rot and eventually fall apart.

In general, most wood will just absorb the water and then dry out naturally without falling apart.

An oracle is a goddess that allows men to consult their ancestors or the gods through their representative, the priestess of the Oracle.

They order Uzowulu to not beat his wife, and make offering to his wife's family. They are to return his wife to him.

It suggests that Achebe does not feel that animals are respected enough by modern society, and that the use of stories involving them has not passed well enough to the future generations.

Her children die shortly after childbirth, most not lasting two years.

It is the story of how Umuike's market became very large.

For the most part people were free to work out problems among themselves. When they could not be resolved, they may have been taken to the village leaders, or the egwugwu court. For village-wide problems, there would be a village meeting where clansmen and clanswomen would discuss the problems. Sometimes they needed to consult the oracle through her priestess, either individually or as a village.

Uchendu feels that Okonkwo is ignorant about the meaning of the mother supreme. Uchendu wishes to console Okonkwo, and bring him from his despair so that his family may survive the exile. Further, he wishes Okonkwo to not see the exile to his village as such a punishment, but rather as a safe retreat from his problems.

Uchendu realized that Okonkwo did not understand what Mother Supreme truly meant, and was thus still a child. If the father does not know what it means, how can he pass it to his children?

The Oracle was called Agbala and spoke to Umuofia and its people only through his priestess, Chielo.

Enoch, a Christian convert, unmasks an egwugwu, killing it.

The poetry and the music of the Christians captivates Nwoye. It answers the question of why his clan performed tasks which were abhorrent to him.

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