con't from Chapters 6-8 (Day 4)
1. "'When did you become a shivering old woman,'" ... you have become a woman indeed,'" (65). How does this passage exemplify the conflicts Okonkwo faces? Be sure to name the specific kind of conflicts (i.e. social, psychological, circumstantial, classical).
2. Who is Obeirika? How does he compare/contrast to Okonkwo?
3. How are whites introduced in the story? Why might Africans assume white men have no toes? What sorts of attitudes are associated with whites?
Chapters 9-10
1. Ogbanje: a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn. What attitude toward children does this notion of the ogbanje represent? How does it contrast to the idea of throwing away twins? How does that inform the reader of the Igbo's traditions regarding children?
2. Mosquito and the Ear
3. The egwugwu: what does this show the reader about the Igbo judicial system? What does this reveal about the role of men and women? Are there more rights granted to women than previously revealed?
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