Part 1:Chapter 7-9

Part 1: Chapter 7-9

            Chapter 7: It had been three years since Ikemefuna lived in Okonkwo’s household and the elders of Umuofia seemed to have forgotten all about him. Ikemefuna had become absorbed into his new family. He was like an elder brother to Nwoye, and from the very first time it seemed to have kindled a new fire in the younger boy. Nwoye always feel like a grown up when he is with Ikemefuna. They had no longer wasted their time in Nwoye mother’s obi but in Okonkwo. They had usually had watch him tapped his palm-wine for the evening wine. What had pleased Nwoye the most of all was to be sent for a difficult and masculine task from his mother or another one of his father wives. Okonkwo had identified his son development and was very pleased of it. He wanted Nwoye to produce as a tough young man. Time from time Okonkwo had encouraged them to sit in his obi. Locusts soon were descending in Umuofia. Everyone was full of excitement and joy. Ogbuefi Ezeudu came in Okonkwo obi and wanted to talk to him outside about Ikemefuna. He had announced that he should not bear a hand upon Ikemefuna death. Okonkwo had killed Ikemefuna so he wouldn't be seen weak.

            Chapter 8: After the death of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo had felt awful. he did not eat or drink for about two days after killing Ikemefuna. Nwoye became afraid of his father and slipped out the hut as soon as he noticed him dozing. Okonkwo could not sleep at night though. He had form a type of relationship while the time Ikemefuna had stayed there. Okonkwo forever wish that Ezinma was a boy. Okonkwo was very interested in Maduka and how he handle the wrestling match. Okonkwo had thought Ezinma was the right spirit for a tough, young man. Okonkwo had always complain about how his son is not manly enough and he had to much of his motherin him. Obierika, Okonkwo friend, had thought he had too much of his grandfather instead and Okonkwo thought the same thought. Obierika had refused to interact in Ikemefuna death.

            Chapter 9: Ekwefi had came to Okonkwo obi panicking that Ezinma was dying. Ezinma laid shivering on a mat beside a huge fire that her mother kept burning all night. Ezinma did not call her mother Nne like other children did to their mother. Instead she called her mother by her name, Ekwefi. She had called her that because they had this kind of different bond. During the years Ekwefi had continually to lose her babies until Ezinma came along and stayed for awhile and positive she was here to stay for good. To destroy that curse they had to find the iyi-uwa that Ezinma had buried. 

Part 1:Chapter 4-6

Chapter 4-6

Chapter 4: Ikemefuna became popular in Okonkwo’s household. He was a by nature a very lively boy. Ikemefuna could pretty much do everything. The things he could do or knew were, fashion out flutes from the bamboo stems and even from the elephant grass. He could pick out each name from each bird that soar through the sky and could set clever traps for the little bush rodents, and plus he also knew which tree made the strongest bows. He had come to Umuofia at the end of the carefree season between the harvests and planting. The Week of Peace was the year Okonkwo had broke the peace by beating his wife because she wasn't there. His wife had gone to her friend house to plait her hair. No work was done during the Week of Peace. Later on, Ikemefuna has felt like a member in the household, even though he did thought of his mother and sister from time to time.

Chapter 5: The Feast of the New Yam was an occasion for giving thanks to Ani, which is known as the earth goddess and the source of all fertility. It was progressing its way forward during the days and Umuofia was in his festival mood. Ani was the ultimate judge of morality and conduct. The Feast of the New Yam was held every year before the harvest had ever begun. They do this to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the clan. The chief food in the celebration is Yam foo-foo and vegetable soup. The Feast of the New Yam festival was an occasion for joy in happiness through-and-out Umuofia. When festivals/feast came around Okonkwo was never really a big fan of it but he was absolutely good at eating and drinking two big gourds of palm-wine. The second day of the New Year was the day of the great wrestling match between Okonkwo village and their neighbors. Ekwefi, no doubt about it, was into wrestling. The cat that Okonkwo had thrown was the greatest contest in history and that same contest had won over Ekwefi heart.

Chapter 6: The whole village turned out on the ilo, men, woman, and even children. There were seven drums and they were arranged according to their sizes in a long wooden basket. There was also two young men carrying palm fronds ran round the circle and kept the crowd back by beating the ground in front of them and if they were stubborn they will beat their legs and feet. Then contest soon began with fifteen or sixteen year-old boys. There was only three such boys in each team. Chielo and Ekwefi were friends. Chielo often called Eznima, Ekwefi daughter, my daughter. Chielo was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves. In the natural life Chielo was a widow with only two children. If anyone has seen Chielo in ordinary life they would hardly believe she was the same person who prophesied when the spirit of Agbala was upon her. During the last match of wrestling Okafo had won. 

Part 1:Chapter 1-3

Chapter 1-3

Chapter 1: Okonkwo was known through and out of the nine villages and even beyond.  When he was a young man at the age of eighteen he had thrown Amalinze the Cat which has brought honor to his village. Okonkwo had highly disliked his father, Unoka, because he was an unsuccessful man and borrowed money from a lot of people which he never return back. He had always love playing on his flute and drinking. When Unoka had died he had taken no title whatsoever and he was heavy on dept. During these times the man was judged according to what his worth is and not the worth of your father. When Okonkwo gotten older, he was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams, and also had just married his 3^rd wife. Okonkwo had taken two titles and had shown a whole lot amount of incredible prowess in two inter-tribal wars.

                Chapter 2: The sons, known as a wild animal, have murder a daughter of Umuofia. The daughter had just gone to the market at Mbaino and had been killed there. The woman that had been killed was the wife of Ogbuefi Udo. They soon had to come to a decision of choosing between war or offer a young man and a virgin as compensation. The people feared Umuofia, therefore they tried to do a peaceful settlement. At any point if the clan had disobeyed the Oracle they would surely have been beaten. They were so beaten because their dreaded agadinwayi would never fight what the Ibo call a fight of blame. Sooner or later Okonkwo became home with a fifteen year old boy who was a young virgin. The fellow name was Ikemefuna. They sooner decided that the girl, Ikemefuna sister, should go to Obuefi Udo to replace the murder of his wife, but instead, the boy had now belonged to each and everyone in the clan.

            Chapter 3: Okonkwo did not start on the right track as many others had the chance to do.  He did not gain a barn from his father, because there was nothing to gain. Unoka had always had a tragic harvest, so he went to consult the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves to find out his reason why. People always come from near and far to consult the Oracle, which is also called Agbala. They came for variety of reason like misfortune came there way, when they had a dispute with their neighbors, to discover what the fortune held for them, or to even consult the spirits of their departed fathers. Later on, Okonkwo came before Nwakibie for help with his yam. Nwakibie was one the wealthy man in Okonkwo village. He was a very successful man with three big barns, nine wives, and thirty children. He had taken the highest but one title which a man could take in the clan. It was for this man that Okonkwo worked to earn his first seed yams.