Bday English Things Fall Apart Chapter 24 McClskey due 3:15 PM
5/1 - Do Now
McCloskey 8:20 AM
At
this point in "Things Fall Apart", Okonkwo has changed quite a bit.
However, he is still extremely violent towards the missionaries. Since
Okonkwo has changed so much -
where do you think Okonkwo's anger is coming from? Is it out of concern for his village and family? Or do you think it's out of hatred and insecurity like he's done in the past? Why do you think so?
Notes:
I think he was comfortable in own old ways.
Parents can insist on their religions when it comes to school.
Often this is because they have power but things fall apart in time. The title fits the situation.
Though Okonkwo is a respected leader in the Umuofia tribe of the Igbo people, he lives in fear of becoming his father - a man known for his laziness and cowardice. Throughout his life, Okonkwo attempts to be his father's polar opposite. After their release, the prisoners return to the village with such brooding looks that the women and children from the village are afraid to greet them. The whole village is overcome with a tense and unnatural silence. Ezinma takes Okonkwo some food, and she and Obierika notice the whip marks on his back.
where do you think Okonkwo's anger is coming from? Is it out of concern for his village and family? Or do you think it's out of hatred and insecurity like he's done in the past? Why do you think so?
Notes:
I think he was comfortable in own old ways.
Parents can insist on their religions when it comes to school.
Often this is because they have power but things fall apart in time. The title fits the situation.
Though Okonkwo is a respected leader in the Umuofia tribe of the Igbo people, he lives in fear of becoming his father - a man known for his laziness and cowardice. Throughout his life, Okonkwo attempts to be his father's polar opposite. After their release, the prisoners return to the village with such brooding looks that the women and children from the village are afraid to greet them. The whole village is overcome with a tense and unnatural silence. Ezinma takes Okonkwo some food, and she and Obierika notice the whip marks on his back.
5/1 - Chapter 24
Pages 179-185
1. Chapter 24 begins with Okonkwo and some other villagers of Umuofia getting out of prison. Why was he in there in the first place?
Note: They set the missionary church on fire.
2. Who is Egonwanne?
Notes: Egonwanne is referred to as a "coward" by Okonkwo. Egonwanne is apparently "sweet toungued"
Why does Okonkwo distrust him so much?
Note: Okonkwo despises Egonwanne, a man whose silver tongue usually convinces the Umuofia not to go to war against the white man.
Use a quote to explain yourself.
3. Who is Okika?
Okika, one of the imprisoned
What side is he on in this battle between Umuofia and the foreigners?
Umuofia. He says they must fight.
4. Describe, in detail, the end of this chapter. What happens? Who was involved?
The village crier announces another meeting for the following morning, and the clan is filled with a sense of foreboding. At sunrise, the villagers gather. Okonkwo has slept very little out of excitement and anticipation. He has thought it over and decided on a course of action to which he will stick no matter what the village decides as a whole. He takes out his war dress and assesses his smoked raffia skirt, tall feather headgear, and shield as in adequate condition. He remembers his former glories in battle and ponders that the nature of man has changed. The meeting is packed with men from all of the clan’s nine villages.
The first speaker laments the damage that the white man and his church have done to the clan and bewails the desecration of the gods and ancestral spirits.
He reminds the clan that it may have to spill clansmen’s blood if it enters into battle with
the white men.
In the middle of the speech, five court messengers approach the crowd.
Their leader orders the meeting to end.
Okonkwo kills him with two strokes of his machete.
A tumult rises in the crowd, but not the kind for which Okonkwo hopes: the villagers allow the messengers to escape and bring the meeting to a conclusion.
Someone even asks why Okonkwo killed the messenger. Understanding that his clan will not go to war, Okonkwo wipes his machete free of blood and departs.
1. Chapter 24 begins with Okonkwo and some other villagers of Umuofia getting out of prison. Why was he in there in the first place?
Note: They set the missionary church on fire.
2. Who is Egonwanne?
Notes: Egonwanne is referred to as a "coward" by Okonkwo. Egonwanne is apparently "sweet toungued"
Why does Okonkwo distrust him so much?
Note: Okonkwo despises Egonwanne, a man whose silver tongue usually convinces the Umuofia not to go to war against the white man.
Use a quote to explain yourself.
3. Who is Okika?
Okika, one of the imprisoned
What side is he on in this battle between Umuofia and the foreigners?
Umuofia. He says they must fight.
4. Describe, in detail, the end of this chapter. What happens? Who was involved?
The village crier announces another meeting for the following morning, and the clan is filled with a sense of foreboding. At sunrise, the villagers gather. Okonkwo has slept very little out of excitement and anticipation. He has thought it over and decided on a course of action to which he will stick no matter what the village decides as a whole. He takes out his war dress and assesses his smoked raffia skirt, tall feather headgear, and shield as in adequate condition. He remembers his former glories in battle and ponders that the nature of man has changed. The meeting is packed with men from all of the clan’s nine villages.
The first speaker laments the damage that the white man and his church have done to the clan and bewails the desecration of the gods and ancestral spirits.
He reminds the clan that it may have to spill clansmen’s blood if it enters into battle with
the white men.
In the middle of the speech, five court messengers approach the crowd.
Their leader orders the meeting to end.
Okonkwo kills him with two strokes of his machete.
A tumult rises in the crowd, but not the kind for which Okonkwo hopes: the villagers allow the messengers to escape and bring the meeting to a conclusion.
Someone even asks why Okonkwo killed the messenger. Understanding that his clan will not go to war, Okonkwo wipes his machete free of blood and departs.
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