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QUESTION 1
OKONKWOS DESIRE to be strong, wealthy and respected comes from both his CULTURAL experience and his feelings about his FATHER. WHICH AFFECTS HIM MORE? (Choose, and explain why one affects more)
HE IS OKONKWO
WHAT IS DESIRE?
Noun: A strong feeling of wanting Verb: Strongly wish for something Google he feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state The Free Dictionary Synonyms: ambition, aspiration, dream TFD
Crowning Ceremony
The desire comes from his standing among his people will positively transformed. Unlike his father with no titles. who had risen so suddenly from great poverty and misfortune to be one of the lords of the clan. The old man bore no ill-will towards Okonkwo. INDEED HE RESPECTED HIM FOR HIS INDUSTRY AND SUCCESS (Achebe 19).
MORE SHEEPS
MORE TITLES
MORE SHEEP/ANIMALS + MORE TITLES + MORE MONEY = MORE RESPECT, MORE WIVES
OKONKWOS DESIRE
Being strong meant being a warrior, a defender, a protector and a leader Ibo people respected warriors. He desires to be somebody instead of being nobody like this father.
OKONKWOS DESIRE
Being Wealthy Warrior awards The more the animals the more the respect The important question of what affects him more? His feelings about his father affects him more Feelings about his father changed his life Fathers GUILT of being nobody made him struggle The guilt of suicide committed by his father
QUESTION 2
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What is IRONIC about Okonkwos feelings for Ikemefuna? Compared to his feelings for Nwoye? (Find Irony)
DEFINITION OF IRONY
INCONGRUITY between the expected thing and what actually takes place.
QUESTION 3
3 What can you tell about Okonkwos character from his participation in the death of Ikemefuna?
MACHETE
"Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak (Achebe 43). One can tell that Okonkwo Pretends to be strong He is indeed weak (because of Ikemefuna) He is afraid (of being ) called weak because He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had had no patience with his father (Achebe 3)
QUESTION 4
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What Feature of Okonkwos character persuades Nwakibie to give him the seeds of yam?
Definition of Feature
a prominent attribute or aspect of something The Free Dictionary Synonym: aspect, quality, characteristic, attribute, point, mark, property, factor, trait, hallmark, facet,
Okonkwo hard work by plouging the almost barren land proved to Nwakibie that Okonkwo is steadfast and serious individual. This made Nwakibie quite clear that he is not gifting away his valued land.
A Sincere (Genuinely interested) Youth It pleases me to see a young man like you these days when our youth have gone so soft (Achebe 16) Sincerity to work (comes in Hard work with dedication)
Respect for Nwakibie Nwakibie and he had taken the highest but one title which a man could take in the clan His respect towards Nwakibie for the right reasons
SUCCESS.
Therefore considering Okonkwos qualities Nwakibie gave yam seeds to make the field grow with healthy crop.
QUESTION 5
Explain the most influential role that a woman holds in Umuofian village?
Synonyms of Influential
instrumental, important, significant, controlling, guiding, effective, crucial, persuasive, forcible
QUESTION 6
6
When a man says, yes, his Chi says yes also. Explain the concept of Chi. What is the meaning of this traditional proverb? Do you think this proverb continues to offer wisdom or represent truth? Why?
Question to audience?
Any guess on what is Chi. Please make a guess. Youve read TFA.
ORIGIN - literally steam in its earliest incarnation, a mixture of fire and vapors DEFINITION - the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things
EXPLANATION OF CHI
while a person with a bad chi was an unfortunate person, who would labor without reaping. The Igbo people did not believe that a man's chi controlled his entire (Achebe 35)
EXPLANATION OF CHI
The Igbo people did not believe that a man's chi controlled his entire destiny. No matter how 'good' his chi was, a person would achieve success only if he worked hard and led an upright life.
CHI CONTINUED
They emphasized the importance of hard work in the saying 'If a person says "yes", that person's chi says "yes".'
It is through his will power or through traditional medicine/doctors, he can turn around the power of his chi. How lets see in the next slide.
CHICONTINUED
In addition, the Igbo believed that diviners and other medicine men and women could intervene on behalf of an unfortunate person to change his or her malignant chi into a benevolent one. (Achebe 35)
Do you think this proverb continues to offer wisdom or represent truth? Why?
CHI - WISDOM
'If a person says "yes", that person's chi says "yes". Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak Thomas Carlyle quotes
It is (a sort of) truth that patience bears fruitful results. Edison (famous inventor) I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 WAYS that won't work. "No one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune." (41:35)
QUESTION 7
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The exposition of the novel provides the reader with important background information about the characters, their setting and their problems. How is the scene in which Okonkwo visits his friends Obierika a vital part of the exposition?
The exposition is the part of a book that sets the stage for the drama to follow: it introduces the theme, setting, characters, and circumstances at the storys beginnings
It is the first time it is revealed that white men will be setting up a solid ground and the horrific change is coming .
Q6) CHI PROVERB, MEANING Concept similar to GUARDIAN ANGEL in Christianity OFFER WISDOM Yes, it continues to offer wisdom by telling us that --- through perseverance the evil can be converted into good. TRUTH Thomas Carlye and Quran again tells us that through hard work and commitment everything is possible.
CONTINUES IM TIRED OF EVERYTHING! BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED AND PROBABLY HATE ME! SORRY! FOR THIS LONG PRESENTATION
Q7 OKONKWOS VISIT TO OBIERIKA VITAL PART OF EXPOSITION First time marriage custom shown + Foreshadows of White man coming + Okonkwo revises why he was focused towards killing Ikemefuna
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Ogidi Location in Nigeria
Notable works
The African Trilogy Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God Source: Wikipedia
Interesting Facts
Translated into over twenty major world languages. (Mezu, WOMEN IN ACHEBE'S WORLD)
Story is about Story is about Igbo tribe/culture Story is about vanishing customs Setting is Nigeria Story is about Okonkwo Story is about Realization of culture/tribe/values (the tribe stands for) at risk
Story is about Africa losing her culture Story is about a father, a mother and her children Story is about losing faith and gaining again Story is about a tragic flaw Story is about a quest to tune ones inner chi
Stats/Figures/Numbers
9 villages in Nigeria 3 Wives 2 Children + 1 Adopted
Okonkwo sinks into a depression, neither able to sleep nor eat Okonkwos gun explodes and kills Ogbuefi Ezeudus sixteen-year-old son family to his mothers natal village, Mbanta The egwugwu are seen as ancestral gods, though in actuality they are masked Umuofia elders.
agrarian society The phrase "Arrow of God" is drawn from an Igbo proverb in which a person, or sometimes an event, is said to represent the will of God.[3] Arrow of God also concerns itself basically with the Acquiescence of Traditional African forms to Western Influence.