Things Fall Apart 

Chapters 7-13

Ikemefuna has develop a great influence in okonknwo´s feelings. Nwoye has been also influenced by him, because he is becoming into a masculine figure based on his attitude. He also knows that he pleases his father when he expresses hate towards women. The locusts arrived to Umofia and they will return next year for sevenss years. Ogbuefi Ezeudu tells Okonkwo that ikemefuna had to be killed because the Oracle said. He tells him not to take part in the boy`s death, but thoughtlessly he did take part. After the death of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo felt weak, and he couldnt sleep or eat. he thought feelings were for women . He wishes that Enzima were a boy, while he was talking with his friend Oberika because he wanted to congratulate Maduka on his successfull wrestling. Then they started to argue wether it was right or wrong the action he did on Ikemefuna´s deaath. Okonkwo starts to be councious that if he would have work, he would not be thinking o f ikemefuna. Days later, he visits Oberika again, oberika was discussing the bride price with the family of his daughter suitor. They start to discuss about the practice of things, what were his skills, also tapping palm trees por palm-wine. 

Ekwefi wakes okonkwo very early, because Enzinma is almost dying of a disease, she is very worried because she had a past. The gossip of Umofia tells that Ekwefi has an Ogbanje which is a wicked child who continually enters to her womb to kill her sons. So that is why Every illness that Enzinma catches still brings brings terror and anxiety to her.  

Days after, the village did as a few years ago, a ceremonial gathering to administer justice. The egwugwu, which are the clan´s ancestral spirits emerge from a secret house where no woman is allowed to go in. Everyone is scared of them although they know they aren´t the real spirits. Everyone espects that okonkwo is among them. The ceremony started and the husband Uzowulu sais that the 3 brothers of his wife, Mgbafo beat him and took her and the children from his hut, but would not return to be her bride-price. And in the other sie the women said that he is a man who beat her sister and he even caused her to misscarry once. They argued that Usoxulu must beg Mgbafo, and if she agrees their brothers will keep an eye on him. 

Time passed and it was time for Enzima to tel Okonkwo a story. It was about a tortoise and how he cheated on some birds who trusted him. How the turtle first has the power among all of the birds, but by the group work they ended up having more power than he did. After telling this story, Chielo, a priesteess informs Ekwefi that Agbala, wishes to see Enzima. Okonkwo and ekwefi tried to persuade Chielo but he didn´t care, she ended up carrying ezinma. Rapidly Ekwefi follows them as they go to the oracle´s cave. Okonwko tried to calm her and when he arrives at the cave, he sits her down. 

The next day, at dawn, Chielo came to Ekwefi´s hut and leaved Ezinma without saying a word. It turned out that Okonkwo was too very worried about her the night before. he forced himself to wait a while before walking yo the Oracle´s shrine, and he founded empty because Cheilo was making her rounds to the 9 villages. The family begins to prepare a ceremony for Oberika´s daughter Uri. Everyone contributes with food and Oberika buys a huge goat to present it to his future in lwas. A cow escaped from a man´s territory so he had to pay for setting his cows loose on his neighbor´s farm. The other family members arrive with a huge box of 50 pots of wine to celebrate. The ceremony was a sucess.

Ogbuefi Ezedu died, the villagers recieved the notice by a musical instrument that was played. His funeral is large and elaborated, Okonkwo feels very bad but again, dont shows it. Okonkwo´s gun goes off and kills Ezeudu´s son. Okonkwo received a punishment, and he has to take his family into exile for 7 years. The go to the village of his mother Mbanta. Oberkia starts to think of why a accidental killing was such a big deal for him and then he mourns the deaths of his wife´s twins which he was forced to throw away because of the Oracle. 

To see more pictures about the Igbo costumes and culture: http://nomadsandhousewives.blogspot.mx/2008/11/nigerian-wedding-igbo-style.html

Things Fall Apart.

Things Fall Apart.

From Chapter 1-7

Okonowo is a well known man, whose fame rested on solid personal achievements. He is a tall huge man, whit bushy eyebrows, wide nose and loud breaths. He is a very temperous man, Okonkwo has no patience with unsuccessful men, but mostly had no patience and ashamed with his already dead father Unokwa. Unokwa died 10 years ago. And he was a very lazy man who was a debtor, and also a musician. One day okaye an old friend of him, lended money to him.  He was poor and he couldn’t maintain hos family. Okonkwo instead, is chosen to represent his clan because he is its fiercest warrior.  He supports three wives and eight children, and each wife has her own hut.  Because he dreads weakness, Okonkwo is extremely demanding of his family. He finds his twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, to be lazy, so he beats and nags the boy constantly. When he visited the Oracle, Unoka was told that he failed because of his laziness. Okonkwo begins by asking a wealthy clansman, Nwakibie, to give him 400 seed yams to start a farm. He gave him eight hundred. One of Unoka’s friends gave him another four hundred. Others avoided the grave losses suffered by Okonkwo and the other industrious farmers. 

Ikemefuna was a boy, which the clan decided that will stay with Okonkwo. He started to get confortable with okonkwo´s family. He possesses many impressive skills, such as making flutes out of bamboo sticks and setting traps for little bush rodents. He starts to get more related to nnwoye. He became like okonkwos son, but he does not show any affection because he considers doing so a sign of weakness, which he refuses to tolerate in himself or others. During the week of peace, Ojiungo left his son without giving him dinner so Okonwho beats her, breaking the rule of the week o peace. His penalty was to sacrifice a nanny goat and a hen; he also has to pay many cowries. Ogbuefi Ezeudu watches that the punishment of breaking the peace of ani has become big in Umofia. After this ceremony, everyone starts to clear the land to begin their harvest. Nwoye and Ikemefuna help Okonkwo prepare the seed yams, but he finds fault with their work. He criticism his so his son can become a great farmer.

The village holds the Feast of the New Yam to give thanks to the earth goddess, Ani. Okonkwo doesn’t really care because he believes this stuff is only a waste of time. The women tend to decorate their huts, and they throw away or eat all the unused yams. Ekwefi, the other wife of Okonkwko is beaten by him with mostly no excuse. Then he decides to go to hunt, he tries to shot his wife and he misses. Just before the harvest, for feasts because he considers them times of idleness. The women thoroughly scrub and decorate their huts, throw away all of their unused yams from the previous year, and use cam wood to paint their skin and that of their children with decorative designs. With nothing to do, Okonkwo becomes angry, and he finally comes up with an excuse to beat his second wife, Ekwefi. He then decides to go hunting with his gun. Okonkwo is not a good hunter, however, and Ekwefi mutters a snide remark under her breath about “guns that never shot.” In a fit of fury, he shoots the gun at her but misses. The contest of wrestilng comes, and ekwfi enjoys this because he married his husband when he defeated the cat. The child of ekwefi gave okonkwo some food, and he is very grateful but barely demonstrates his affection. Such as Obiageli, another daughter, Nkechi and Oijugo are bringing meal to okonkwo. 

Summaries of things fall apart written by Chinua Achebe.