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.
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