mother’s homeland. After two years of exile‚ Okonkwo’s great friend Obierika pays him a visit. Obierika pays okonkwo money that he has made from selling okonkwo’s yams‚ the number one crop. As Okonkwo and Obierika catch up on old time‚ Obierika brings him bad news in chapter 15. “A white man went into Abame riding an iron horse (a bicycle)”. “An albino”‚ says Okonkwo. “This one was much more different than an albino” says Obierika. This shows that the only white people they knew at the time were albinos
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In the novel by Chinua Achebe‚ Things Fall Apart‚ there is a debate between whether Okonkwo’s demise was a result of his going against the will of the gods‚ or that the new changes were inevitable. The second group argues that Okonkwo’s acts do not destroy the tribe‚ but it is the tribe’s lack of adaptability that brings it to an end. Firstly‚ the title‚ Things Fall Apart‚ seems like a statement‚ a universal truth. This can only further accentuate the idea that the changing of the Ibo tribe was
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in the early morning hours‚ she ignored Okonkwo and Ekwefi and carried the sleeping Ezinma home to her bed‚ with the girl’s parents following behind. On the following day‚ the village celebrates the next event in the marriage of the daughter of Obierika‚ Okonkwo’s friend. The uri is a ritual in which the suitor presents palm-oil to everyone in the bride’s immediate family‚ her relatives‚ and her extended group of kinsmen. For this ceremony‚ primarily a woman’s ritual‚ the bride’s mother is expected
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Okonkwo is a strong powerful man‚ but his fatal flaw is his hubris. Hubris is excessive pride or self-confidence‚ and is shown to the reader quickly early-on in the book. I think that Okonkwo is aware that he is a prideful man in the sense that he would rather fight with his fists than try to talk something out‚ because he knows he can win with his fists. “..whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough‚ he would use his fists.” (Achebe 4) I also think that Okonkwo is more
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In things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe Okonkwo‚ the main character‚ takes part in the death of an innocent boy named Ikemefuna despite the warnings not to. Afterwards Okonkwo goes through much grief and sorrow‚ fighting a battle within himself. Through Okonkwo’s grief after Ikemefuna’s death‚ Achebe reflects on the Ibo tribal customs‚ human sacrifice and the universal law of kill one’s own son. When Okonkwo was given the news of Ikemefuna was to be killed‚ he was told by elder Ezeudu not to
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dearly‚ they have a strong bond. Had ten children only Ezinma lived. Ezinma- daughter of Ekwefi and Okonkwo‚ Okonkwo is fond of her‚ her mom describes her as wise‚ Nwoye’s mother calls her Ezigbo which means the good one. Ogbanje‚ Ekwefi’s only child. Obierika- father of Maduka‚ friend of Okonkwo‚ wise‚ open-minded Chielo- priestess of Agbala‚ friend of Ekwefi‚ likes Ezinma Enoch- a Christian convert who de masks an egwugwu‚ angering them and causing the clash between the Christians and the natives; careless;
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questions the man’s reputed strength once he learns how attached he had been to his wife. Okonkwo sits with Obierika while Obierika bargains his daughter’s bride-price with the family of her suitor. Afterward‚ Obierika and his future son-in-law’s relatives talk about the differing customs in other villages. They discuss the practice of‚ and skill at‚ tapping palm trees for palm-wine. Obierika talks about hearing stories of men with skin as white as chalk. Another man‚ Machi‚ pipes in that such a man
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ the author tells the story of a man‚ Okonkwo‚ and his Ibo tribe during the age of imperialism. Achebe does this in order to give a perspective on tribal life in Africa to those who know nothing of it. The quote by Obierika which says‚ “He [the white man] has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” is entirely significant because it completely summarizes the novel as well as the overall effects and consequences of the European occupation
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downfall of the Igbo culture—the destruction of the village of Abame‚ the conflict between Okonkwo and Nwoye in the motherland‚ and the conflict between the church and the clan in Umuofia. In the second year of Okonkwo’s exile in the motherland‚ Obierika‚ his friend‚ came to bring him the revenue his yam crops had earned him along with a story about the destruction of Abame. “During the last planting season a white man had appeared in their clan. He was not an albino. He was quite different. And
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sets forth a quest for truth. For example‚ Obierika sought truth after burning down Okonkwo’s obi along with several of his possessions immediately preceding the inadvertent homicide Okonkwo had committed. He was conflicted because Ibo society dictated to him that for every offense there is a punishment whether it is deserved or not. As the elders said‚ “If one finger brought oil it soiled the others.” Although he carried out the decreed law Obierika still sought truth in this conflict of ethics
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