Things Fall Apart Rhetorical Analysis

Okonkwo’s emotions when he shoots the chief's son

Such a sad day today, the chief of the clan has died. He was such a great man,the third oldest of all nine villages and he improved the clan greatly. He made the clan so strong, that they could defeat all their enemies. I always showed respected the chief and “A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness”(chapter 3). The chief was an inspiration to me and I will miss his leadership, but his death could have an advantage for me, because I could have the chance to prove myself as a worthy chief of the clan. The funeral started off wonderfully, with so much celebration and remembrance of the chief. People were pounding the ancient drums, jumping over walls, killing animals or cutting trees that came in the way and they all fired the gun for the last salute, dancing on roofs. They did all this because he was such a
I felt that I had succeeded in becoming the opposite of my father, but now I feel that my chi has given up on me. I had my farm all set to serve my family’s future generations and now they need me to leave everything in ashes. By now they probably have already burnt down my house, killed my animals and destroyed my barn, because they had to cleanse the land which I had polluted with the blood of a clansman. Why is my chi always testing me on how well I can take on problems? Problem after problem after problem! Its like problems are climbing on my back and breaking it. How on earth will these seven years pass? What will I do? How will I feed my family and where will we stay? There are many questions. But there is only one answer to this problem of where to shelter my family for seven years... Somewhere I know, somewhere I recognize. Maybe I can go stay at my motherland, because after all, “Mother is supreme” (chapter 14). There I can even farm and earn