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"But stories were already gaining ground that the white man had not only brought a religion...It was even said that they had hanged one man who killed a missionary." (Achebe 155)
"If we put ourselves between the god and his victim we may receive blows intended for the offender." (Achebe 158)
Alex Cooke Chapter 23 "We should have... listened to me,"(195) "we will take your... and hang them."(196) "Okonkwo's compound... deserted homestead."(196) "...heard that her father... to be hanged."(197)
"'I don't know. He is not my father,' said Nwoye" (Achebe 144).
"'If we leave our gods and follow your god,' asked another man, 'who will protect us from the ansger of our neglected gods and ancestors?" (Achebe 146)
Marshall Levensohn
ReplyDeleteChapter 24
"Nobody else spoke . . . into his flesh" (199)
"But if they chose . . . then he would avenge himself" (199)
"Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to perch without a twig" (204)
"He knew because they . . . in that tumult." (205)
Jennifer
ReplyDeleteChapters 19-20
"In these seven ... day of his exile." (162)
"A man's place was ... it soon gew another." (171)
"He had lost the chance ... highest titles in the clan." (171)
"He had court messengers ... arrogant and high-handed." (174)
"It is already too late ... uphold his government." (176)
"The white man is ... we have fallen apart." (176)
"When he killed Oduche ... with which to tell of their suffering." (177)
CLAIRE FOX:
ReplyDelete"Okonkwo warned the others to be fully armed..."we must be fully prepared" (193)
"At night the messengers came in to taunt them and to knock their shaven heads together" (195)
"When they could no longer bear the hunger and the insults, that they began to talk about giving in" (195)
"We should have killed the white man if you had listened to me" (195)
"Hit each man a few blows...Okonkwo was chocked with hate" (195)
"If they chose to be cowards he would go out and avenge himself" (199)
"I knew that something was after our life" (203)
"They had broken into tumult instead of action...he discerned fright in that tumult." (205)
Adela Fine
ReplyDeleteChapter 19
"It was going to be Okonkwo's last harvest in Mbanta" (162)
" But two years later... Begotten in the Wilderness." (162)
"They are not all that young... the tubers are so small (164-165)
"Okonkwo never did things by halves." (165)
"I say it because I fear for the younger generation, for you people." (167)
"Like a hunters dog that suddenly goes mad and turns on his ancestors" (167)
Bobby Lehmann
ReplyDeleteChapters 13-14
"The first cock had not crowed, and Umofia was still swallowed up in sleep and silence... and the cannon shattered the silence." (120)
"The faint and distant wailing of women settled like a sediment of sorrow on the earth." (120)
"Anxiety mounted in every heart." (121)
"But the most dreaded... was yet to come." (122)
"Before this quiet and final rite, the tumult increased tenfold" (123)
"The old man... saw clearly that Okonkwo had yielded to despair and he was greatly troubled" (131)
"I did not hang myself and I am still alive" (135)
Michel Acevedo
ReplyDeleteChapters 17-18:
"He saw himself and his fathers crowding...would wipe them off the face of the earth." (153)
"Okonkwo was popularly called the Roaring Flame...Living fire begets cold, impotent ash." (153)
"But stories were already gaining around that the white man...they hanged one man who killed a missionary." (155)
"The same God created you and them...lepers." (157)
"If we put ourselves...blows intended for the offender." (158)
Lexy Thompson
ReplyDeleteChapter 15
"Who knows what may happen tomorrow ... come to our clan and shoot us" (pg. 142).
"'I can tell you,' said Obierika. Kill ... 'Then kill yourself,' said Obierika" (pg. 142).
Rosario Bennett
ReplyDeleteChapter 17
" 'Answer me!' he roared again . . . never returned" (pg. 152).
"Why, he cried in his heart, . . and now his despicable son's behavior" (pg 152).
"Suppose when he died . . . children the while praying to the white man's god." (pg 153).
"He sighed heavily . . . cold, impotent ash." (pg 153).
Captain Novato..
ReplyDeletechapters 11-12
The priestess...his hut(100)
Okonkwo pleaded... now asleep (100)
Okonkwo was still... asleep (100)
Okonkwo has returned... the shrine (112)
Chapter 21
ReplyDelete“There were many men and women…about the new dispensation” (Achebe 178).
“But Mr. Brown himself…he had to leave his flock, sad and broken” (Achebe 182).
“He had just sent Okonkwo’s son…he would be carried out of it” (Achebe 182).
“Okonkwo’s return to his native land was not as memorable as he had wished” (Achebe 182).
“…Umuofia did not appear…they talked and thought about little else, and certainly not about Okonkwo’s return” (Achebe 182-183).
“And it was the wrong year too” (Achebe 183).
“Okonkwo was deeply grieved…who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (Achebe 183).
Chapter 22
“It happened during the annual ceremony…through tiny ant-holes” (Achebe 186).
“One of the greatest crimes a man could commit…this was what Enoch did” (Achebe 186).
“Enoch had killed an ancestral spirit, and Umuofia was thrown into confusion” (Achebe 186).
“That night the Mother of the Spirits…wept for a great evil that was coming––its own death” (Achebe 186-187).
“When the egwugwu went away…for the moment the spirit of the clan was pacified” (Achebe 191).
Isaac Scott:
ReplyDelete"okonkwo's fame had grown like a brushfire in the harmattan" (3).
"he was a man of action, a man of war" (10).
"but his whole life was dominated by fear... resemble his father" (13).
Maya Rhine
ReplyDeleteChapters 7-8
"When did you become a shivering...a woman indeed." (Achebe 65)
"What you have done...whole families." (Achebe 67)
"Dazed with fear... afraid of being thought of as weak." (Achebe 61)
"And then the locusts came... came to Umuofia." (Achebe 54
Andrew Miller-
ReplyDeleteCh. 3-4
Chapter 3:
"Unoka was an ill-fated man... left there to die." (Achebe 18)
"And indeed he was possessed... and shameful death" (Achebe 18)
"The year that Okonkwo... worst year in living memory." (Achebe 23)
"That year the harvest was sad... branch and hanged himself." (Achebe 24)
Chapter 4:
"The evil you have done... shall all perish." (Achebe 30)
"My father told me... until he died. (Achebe 31)
Alison Korman
ReplyDeleteChapter 18
"But stories were already gaining ground that the white man had not only brought a religion...It was even said that they had hanged one man who killed a missionary." (Achebe 155)
"If we put ourselves between the god and his victim we may receive blows intended for the offender." (Achebe 158)
Olivia Lloyd
ReplyDeleteChapters 3-4
"With a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have...nor even a young wife." (18)
"And indeed he was possessed by the fear of his father's contemptible life and shameful death." (18)
"Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break." (19)
"Everybody laughed heartily except Okonkwo...when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb." (21)
"And so at a very early age...like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of holes." (22)
"Nothing happened at its proper time; it was either too early or too late. It seemed as if the world had gone mad." (23)
"He changed them every day...and the yams were killed." (23)
"He knew that he was a fierce fighter, but that year had been enough to break the heart of a lion." (24)
"You have a manly and a proud heart...It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone." (24-25)
"Anyone who knew his grim struggle against poverty and misfortune could not say he had been lucky." (27)
"To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength." (28)
"Take away your kola nut. I shall not eat in the house of a man who was no respect for our gods and ancestors." (30)
"The evil you have done can ruin the whole clan." (30)
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ReplyDeleteSam Greinetz
ReplyDeleteChapter 22
“One of the greatest crimes a man…what Enoch did” (186).
“Enoch had killed an ancestral spirit, and Umuofia was thrown into confusion” (186).
"Not even...its own death" (187)
Ryan Kroner
ReplyDeleteCh. 5-6
"Unfortunately for her... went away with the gun." Pg. 39
"Okonkwo cleared his throat... desire for woman." Pg. 42
"Who will wrestle... fight for us." Pg. 51
Alex Cooke
ReplyDeleteChapter 23
"We should have... listened to me,"(195)
"we will take your... and hang them."(196)
"Okonkwo's compound... deserted homestead."(196)
"...heard that her father... to be hanged."(197)
Caitlyn Birer
ReplyDeleteChapters 7-8
"And then the locusts came." (Achebe 54).
"They came in the cold... in the fields." (Achebe 54).
"And then quite suddenly... thick cloud." (Achebe 55).
"And then appeared...black cloud drifting towards Umuofia." (Achebe 56).
"Do not bear a hand in his death." (Achebe 57).
"How can a man... a boy to their number?" (Achebe 65).
"What you have done... whole families." (Achebe 67).
"It had to be done slowly... strung together again." (Achebe 71-72).
Emily B.
ReplyDeleteChapter 16
"'I don't know. He is not my father,' said Nwoye" (Achebe 144).
"'If we leave our gods and follow your god,' asked another man, 'who will protect us from the ansger of our neglected gods and ancestors?" (Achebe 146)
Avery Hale
ReplyDeleteChapter 25 (Okonkwo is already dead in this chapter so there isn't a lot of foreshadowing...)
"When the district commissioner...sitting wearily in the obi" (Achebe 206)
"That man was one of the greatest...now he will be buried like a dog" (Achebe 208)
Alex Hartzell
ReplyDeleteChapters 9-10
"How much longer do you think you will live?" (Achebe 75)
"And there were... killed himself too." (Achebe 84)
"And when... terrifying spectacle." (Achebe 89)
"And they might also... the row of egwugwu." (Achebe 90)
"The egwegwu... dead fathers of the clan." (Achebe 90)
Evan Taylor
ReplyDeleteChaper 21:
"There were many men and women . . . new dispensation." (178)
"And even in the matter of religion . . . overwhelming madness." (178)
"And it was not long before . . . produced quick results." (181)
"He had just sent Okonkwo's son . . . be carried out of it." (182)
"Okonkwo's return to his native . . . he had wished." (182)
"The clan had undergone such . . . barely recognizable." (182)
"Okonkwo was deeply . . . soft like women." (183)
Olivia Glick
ReplyDeleteChapter 25
"... he found a small crow of men sitting wearily in the obi." (206)
""Which among you is .... not here," replied Obierika." (206)
"We can take you ... will help us." (206)
That man was one of ... he will be buried like a dog..." (208)
Evy Roy
ReplyDeleteF Block
Chap. 1-2
"...he was already ... but achievement was revered" (8).
"But his whole life ... and of weakness" (13).
"Okonkwo was ruled ... another was idleness" (13).
"His fame rested on solid personal achievements" (1).
"Okonkwo was clearly cut out for great things" (8).
"Unlike his father ... blood" (10).
Luke Winfield
ReplyDeleteF Block
chapters 11-12
"Okonkwo had returned home and sat waiting. when he thought he had waited long enough... returned to the shrine" (122).
"Okonkwo came after her" (101)"
"Go home and sleep... I shall wait here" (108)".
"Okonkwo's family was a stir... neighborhood" (110).
Ciarra Matthews
ReplyDeleteG Block
Chap. 15-16
"The elders consulted ... destruction among them" (138).
"They were locusts ... explore the terrain" (139).
"Even the sacred fish ... Oracle had warned" (140).
"It was one of those gay ... Ibo man" (146).
"He felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul" (147).
Ben Miller
ReplyDeleteF Block
Chapter 20
"He knew that he had lost his place ... highest titles in the clan. (171)"
"Then the tragedy of his first son had occurred. (172)"
"But apart from the church, ... court messengers who brought men to him for trial. (174)"
"Okonkwo's head was bowed in sadness as Obierika told him these things. (175)"
"Now he has won our brothers, ... we have fallen apart. (176)"
Leigh Kinney
ReplyDeleteF block
chapters 5-6
"the wrestling waits until the sun begins to sink." (42)
"somehow Okonkwo could never become" (37)
"Okonkwo, who had been walking about aimlessly...in suppressed anger...found an outlet" (38)
"although Okonkwo was a great man whose prowess was universally acknowledged, he was not a hunter." (38)
' "It is enough, Okonkwo." ' (38)
"Okonkwo had...[thrown] the cat" (39)-----> "[Okato] has thrown four hundred cats." (51)
sonya berg
ReplyDeletechapter 9-10
"He woke once... uneasy at all." (page 75)
"the egwugwu with the springy walk was one of the dead fathers of the clan." (page 90)
Hassan Gali
ReplyDeleteChapters 13-14
" Okonkwo's gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy's heart." (page 124)
" Violent deaths were frequent, but nothing like this had ever happened." (page 124)
" the Earth had decreed that they were an offense on the land and must be destroyed." (page 125)
" the old man, Uchendu, saw clearly that Okonkwo had yielded to despair and he was greatly troubled." (page 131)
" Your duty is to comfort your wives.... But if you allow sorrow to weigh you down and kill you, the will die in exile." (page 134)
" I did not hang myself, and i am still alive." (page 135)