Tuesday, January 29, 2008
TFA Chapter 15
It is now 2 years after Okonkwo's exile. One of his friends, Obierika, came to visit him. He brought with him two young boys, who brought 2 bags of cowries. Obierika mentions that the Abame tribe has been demolished. Okonkwo and Uchendu immediately asks what happened. Obierika explains that a white man on an iron horse rode in. The people asked him what he was doing there and he didn't respond so they killed him. They tied up the iron horse to a tree. Then he says that after a few days the horse went missing, it vanished from the tree, then a white man ended up killing all of the tribe. No one was left. This chapter was pretty short so it was kind of boring as well. I didn't even know that they were really around white people? I didn't know that that was a factor for them? I am curious to see him all of the other tribes will soon be demolished. And will Okonkwo ever return back to his normal tribe?
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This chapter shows us the coming of the whites. The iron horse I imagine is a car?
You can see how these two cultures are going to clash. It sets the scene for what is to come. Okonkwo isn't going to like to submit to anybody, especially whites telling him what to do.
Mr. Farrell
That is exactly what i thought, the whites arent done killing yet. it was really nice of obierika to bring the money. i tought this chapter seemed kinda stuck together on the fly. did anyone else get that feeling?
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