Thursday, February 7, 2008
Things Fall Apart Chapter 5
Just before the village will harvest the yams, there is a feast for the yams that will be gathered. Okonkwo thinks that this tradition is stupid and tries to ignore it. The only thing he likes about the feast are the wrestling matches held. One of his wives, Ekwefi, is beaten in this chapter for something stupid. After she is beaten, Ekwefi makes fun of Okonkwo for not being a good hunter. He shoots the gun at her but misses. Once Okonkwo returns, Ekwefi's only daughter Ezinma brings him dinner. I think that Ezinma is Okonkwo's favorite child. He favors her but does not show it a lot. He says that he wishes that she was a boy. The rest of the wives bring him his dinner, and he eats. I think that Okonkwo has a really bad temper and he needs to get over himself and treat his family with respect.
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Enzima is his favorite, but what is mean is he keeps wishing she were born a boy. It shows how little their culture values women.
Okonkwo's temper does tend to get the best of him every now and then. This comes into play later in the story. It also is the root of many of his problems.
Mr. Farrell
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