Wednesday, January 23, 2008
TFA- Chapter 6
Chapter 6 takes place at the playground, which is where the wrestling match occurs. This chapter was pretty short. In the beginning it mentions the Cotton tree, which was very sacred to the people. They say it is where "spirits of good children who were waiting to be born" lived. Ekwefi, the wife that Okonkwo shot at talked to a woman named Chielo. Chielo is a widow of two children. Chielo asked Ekwefi is what she heard was true about the shooting. Ekwefi tells her that it is true. At this point, i feel very bad for all of Okonkwo's wives, because it just doesn't seem right that he should be that violent with them. The story then tells that the wrestling match starts out with 15 and 16 year old boys, who are not real wrestlers. Then the real match started and it was against Ikezue and Okafo. The end of the chapter ends with all of the young women singing a song about Okafo. I think it is cool that their village is big on wrestling, because in America it is also a popular sport.
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I think it is pretty ridiculous that beating their wives is so acceptable to them. What really angers me is that it still goes on today. I don't think I could live in a society where abuse is so permissible. Are there other people that fight in the matches, or was it just Ikezue and Okafo?
I think that Okonkwo is just doing the same as the rest of the society, because if this book was about another family, like his, it would be about the same. The reason bing is because the men of Africa feel women are inferior, but it is not that way everywhere. The women don't know much better, because they grew up that way, so they are just living the culture.
I really think that you guys are still upset about the last chapter. I agree with you guys, but I think this chapter was more about the social life of the villages and how they connect and compete with each other.
This chapter was a real disappointment to me. It seemed like they hyped up the whole wrestling thing to be something great, but it was just like the drummers were tired and a guy was thrown down and the crowd cheered. Personally, I thought it was pretty lame.
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