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Chapter One: Katherine Joyce
1) What do you learn about Okonkwo's character and achievements in this chapter?
2) What do you learn about this father, Unoka? How was Okonkwo been affected by his father's character?
Chapter Two: Estefany Frias
1) What is Okonwo woken by at the beginning of the chapter?
2) Briefly explain the crisis that has occurred between Umuofia and the neighboring village of Mbaino.
3) How is the crisis resolved?
4. We learn on page 12 that Okonkwo's 'whole life was dominated by fear.' What is he afraid of?
5. What do we find out about Okonwo's family in this chapter?
Chapter Three: Christopher Fandino
1) Why did Unoka go to visit the Oracle of Agbala?
2) What message did he receive? Why is this important to our understanding of Okonkwo's character?
3) What do you learn about Okonkwo's early years as a farmer?
Chapter Four: Natalie Bloomfield
1) What is Okonkwo's attitude towards men who are less successful than him?
2) What do you learn about Ikemfuna's role within the Okonkwo's family?
3) What crime does Okonkwo commit during the Week of Peace?
4) Why is the Week of Peace an important custom in the community?
5) What punishment does Okonkwo receive for his actions?
Chapter Seven: Edward Torres:
1) How long has Ikemefuma lived with Okonkwo's family and what influence has his presence had upon them?
2) What warning does Ezendu give to Okonkwo on page 50?
3) What do you think of Okonkwo's actions in this chapter?
4) What effect does Ikemefuna's death have on Nwoye?
Chapter Eight: Frank Delgado
1) How does Okonkwo react to Ikemefuna's death?
2) What does Obierika feel about the part that Okonkwo played in the murder? What might this suggest about his character?
3) What do you learn about the customs involved in preparing for a wedding in this chapter?
Chapter Nine: Elizabeth Florencio:
1) Why is Ekwefi so worried when she discovers that Ezina is suffering from a fever?
2) What does the story of Ezina tell us about the customs and beliefs of the society?
Chapter Ten: Kyle Williams
1) What does this chapter show about justice in the community and the roles of men and women?
Chapter Eleven: Johnny Almonte Jr.
1) What is the message or moral of the creation story about the Tortoise and the birds? What is Ekwefi's purpose in telling the story?
2) How is the storytelling interrupted?
3) Read from page 91 to the end of the chapter. How does the writer create a sense of mystery in this description of Ekwefi's journey to Agbala's cave?
4) What different side of Okonkwo's character do we see in this chapter?
Chapter Thirteen (am I getting ahead of us?): Davian Reynolds
1) What rituals and customs are involved in Ezudu's funeral?
2) What crime does Okonkwo commit during the proceedings?
3) What punishment does he receive? Why is this necessary according to the beliefs of the tribe?
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1)After Ikemafuna's death Okonkwo was in a way ashamed of himself but too afraid to show it for fear of others thinking that he is weak. Okonkwo spent sleepless nights thinking of how he had killed a son, a child who did not deserve death. This also caused him to be angry at himself for having such weak feelings as a female would.
2)Obierika believes that Okonkwo should have never took part in killing Ikemafuna, because Ikemafuna was like a son to Okonkwo to the point that he even called him father. Obierika believes that the Earth shall not be pleased with what Okonkwo did.
3)In this chapter we learn that the ibo people have a certain custom for preparing for weddings. For example, the brides family had to pay a certain amount of sticks for the wedding to proceed, where as in other tribes or clans they would have to pay with cowries or in another manner. We also learn in this chapter that the ibo tribe believes itself to be the best tribe.
Chapter Ten: Kyle Williams
1) What does this chapter show about justice in the community and the roles of men and women?
This Chapter shows that the roles of men and women are regarded as this: Men have power, and Women do not. In addition, Women = Property. However, The men are not absolute in their power, in terms of across the human mindset. Their treatment of women will not go unmatched; it will meet certain barriers in the eyes of the deities.
During the "trial"(This is how I viewed the discussion) between Uzowulu and Odukwe, the "man" Uzowulu was accused of beating his wife to nearly the point of death. The "woman" Odukwe was accused of beating up Uzowulu, stealing back his sister, and not adhering to the custom of paying the bride-price.
Evil Forest, who was "presiding", viewed both cases impartially, instead of automatically ruling in favor of the "man" without hearing any evidence. Ultimately, he ruled that if Uzowulu wanted his wife back, he had to beg for it. That being said, he ruled in favor of the "woman" (both literally and title-wise) for this case.
What is learned about justice in this chapter is that despite that women have about no power, they are still cloaked in humanity and certain treatments of them will result in aid being given to them, despite the class order in place. Additionally, Men cannot just treat women inhumanely and expect their titles to justify that. They aren't absolute in their power. (excluding the deities)
1) Ekwefi i so worried that her only daughther Ezina is suffering from a fever because Ekwefi has a history of losing all her other children due to a curse.It is said that the spirit of the dead baby keeps returning to Ekwefi's womb time after time, becaue of this she is scared to lose her only daughter due to this curse.
2)The story of Ezina tells us that the customs and beliefs of their society revolve around morals to discipline and explain the meaning of life to their children and even adults. It also shows how creative they are to make a story in order to explain the meaning of something such as the shape of a turtle's shell.
1. The message of the creation story about the Tortoise and the birds was that the Tortoise took advantage of the birds and as a result of anger, the angriest bird, Parrot, outwitted the Tortoise by delivering a false message to his wife. Ekwefi's purpose of telling this story was to "explain" how the turtle's shell became so rough.
2. The storytelling is interrupted by Ezinma. She says, "But he had no wings" showing that she is eager to discover how he would get to the sky.
3. Achebe uses multiple forms of imagery and metaphors (from page 91 to 103)to give a mysterious theme to the reader. Achebe describes the length of the chase in a way where Chielo's destination is unknown and seems endless.
4. Okonkwo tries to maintain a reputation of carelessness and domination. He often hides any sense of emotion to avoid showing any signs of weakness. In Chapter 11, Okonkwo tries to prevent Chielo from taking Ezinma and shows up at the cave in case he had to take action. Overall, Okonkwo showed that he really cared for his daughter, Ezinma and he was worried about her.
1."It was a warrior funeral", Drums of death were beaten, cannons and guns were fired into the innocent night, there was dancing and jumping on roof tops. Warriors came and left with their regards. Their bodies were captured by the painted chalk, and charcoal, accommodated by their raffia skirts which rested upon their waist line.
2.Okonkwo's gun has exploded, and a piece of iron flared off and pierced a boys heart. The crime was against the earth goddess to kill a clansman.
3."Luckily" the crime fell under the category of female. Where he would b able to return to the village after seven years. As day break awakened men of war stormed in with the duty of burning all of Okonkwos possessions. The deed was done in the sake of the earth goddess, merely cleansing the land of the blood that was drawn.
1) The reason why Unoka went to go see the oracle of Aagnala, is that he was curious why he coulnt succeed inhis farming and why he was in debt.
2)The information that he recieced for hm asking the oracle, why his crops were unsuccesful and if the god yams was mad at him was that the reason for all of his misfortune was his laziness and lack of determination. this is important in understanding the character okonkwo is that he is basically the opposite of his father do to what he knew about him. the information that he knew about his father made him the that he is in the book all things fall apart.
3)During okonkwos early years as a farmer ,we learn thtait was really tough for him becuase of the season that he choose th farm in. nothing was going right for him.
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