TFA Day 7: Do things come together?

1. "It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left0handed in old age. ... He hadbeen cast out of his clan like a fish onto a dry, sandy beach, panting. Clearly his personal god or chi was not make for great things" (131). What do these quotes show us about Okonkwo and how he has changed? How does he embrace change?

2. What is the reader to think of Uchendu? Why does he call the family together?

3. Bring on the white men! Missionaries, too: "Evil men and all the heathen who in their blindness bowed to wood and stone were thrown into a fire that burned like palm-oil" (145). "All the gods you have named are not gods at all. They are gods of deceit who tell you to kill you fellows and destory innocent children." "'Your gods are not alive and cannot do you any harm,' replied the white man. "They are pieces of wood and stone.'" What do these passages suggest about the white man's attitude towards the Ibo religion?

4. What evidence is there that the Missionaries are no longer respecting the views of the clan?

5. Let's talk Mindset: "Living fire begets cold, impotent ash. He sighed again, deeply" (153).



Mindset Assignment

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