Things Fall Apart: Chapter 4

Chapter four starts off telling about Ikemefuna, and how Okonkwo secretly starts to like the boy. In this chapter it also shows how passionate Okonkwo is to his fields. He is a very stern character and he feels that when a man shows affection that it shows weakness and that the only thing worth showing is strength. He is very hard on his two sons about planting yams and he is this way because he does not want them to grow up like he had to. I believe that quite a bit of people these days are kind of like Okonkwo. In the fact that they want their children to grow up and not have any debts and to be successful in life. And possibly the only way to make that happen is working hard as a teenager and earning your own money. Like learning how to save up money and not to get your self involved in things you do not want to be involved in. Okonkwo is trying to straighten them out and make them good hard workers and not lazy like his father. Okonkwo's father must of had a massive impact on his life because he is almost the exact opposite of his father and just about everything he does is because he does not want to become his father. This chapter is a little bit confusing because in the beginning it shows that Okonkwo has an affectionate side to him, but then later in the book he beats his wife for not having lunch ready. Back then that might of been acceptable but definitely not in a the week of peace which was a very import holiday fortheir tribe. I believed that showed he has no self-control. I am also getting a little confused because I have no idea where this book is going, it just keeps talking about Okonkwo and his struggles. Hopefully I will find out soon where the book is going.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 3

Chapter three goes more into detail on how Okonkwo earned his title and wealth. He started out share cropping and his first season of planting was very rough. There was either to little or too much rain, too little or too much sun. Some how Okonkwo worked his way through that season. I believe that one of the reasons he made it through was his determination and perseverance not to be like his father. I also believe that having to support his mother and siblings was also another reason he worked so hard that season to make ends meet. Something that I found weird was how they held conversations. Like how the person who brought the wine would drink it first to make sure it was ok to serve to the rest of the people at the meeting, then how they drank from oldest to youngest, and finally how they had their first wife drink first and then the rest drank in descending order. For the most part they are a pretty nice tribe, I mean how many people do you that would drink their own beverage before serving it to other people. The tribe is also a very hard working tribe, I believe that today we are losing a lot of hands on work, most of it is being done by robots now or in foreign nations. One thing that I do not understand is why they put people who had swelling of the limbs in the Forest of Evil to die, and they would not bury them. I do not understand why it was an abomination to them. I also thought it was funny when they took the one guy to the Forest and he walked back to his house, and they had to take him back again and tie him to a tree lol.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 2

Chapter two begins with a man summoning all of the men to meet in the town marketplace at dawn. They do not meet that night because of the animals that hunt at night. The Umuomfia is a great tribe when it comes to war, they are always ready and willing to fight without second thought. When all of the men gather in the town marketplace it has come to their attention that a neighboring tribe has killed a daughter of the Umuomfia tribe. Instead of creating a war of this situation, the Umuomfia tribe sends Okonkwo to the tribe. He comes back with a young girl and boy. The boy that Okonkwo brought back the the Umuomfia tribe becomes under his care. The chapter continues about describing Okonkwo and how he is a really hard worker and is nothing like his father.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 1

Chapter one starts off explaining who Okonkwo was and how he became famous in the villages. Okonkwo became famous by defeating Amalinze the Cat, who has been undefeated for seven years. This great fight was won twenty years ago. Next the novel introduces Okonkwo father, Unoka. Okonkwo was always very disappointed in his father because of how lazy he was. Unoka also built up many large debts because of how he only spent his money on palm-wine. Okonkwo never liked his father, actually he almost despised him. Unoka died ten years ago. Next the story shifts back to Okonkwo and unlike his father he is doing very well for himself.

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