How did the missionaries feel about the Igbo gods?
By the derogatory and ignorant way the missionaries talk of the Igbo deities, they evoke resentment as well as amusement. So the Mbanta elders do “not really want them in their clan” (p. 148), but remain polite in offering them a piece of land in the evil forest.
Who is the white man in things fall apart?
Okonkwo will not talk about Nwoye, but Nwoye’s mother tells Obierika some of the story. The narrator tells the story of Nwoye’s conversion: six missionaries, headed by a white man, travel to Mbanta. The white man speaks to the village through an interpreter, who, we learn later, is named Mr. Kiaga.
What does Obierika say he’s heard about the white men?
The scene ends with Obierika talking about white men, who apparently are as colorless as chalk and have no toes. One of the men makes a joke, saying that he’s seen a white man tons of times, his name is Amadi. So the joke is that Amadi isn’t white, he just has leprosy and the euphemism for leprosy is “the white skin.”
How does Okonkwo kill himself?
one of the lords of the clan. This explanation, which Okonkwo presents as evidence of his piety to Ani and the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, fails to persuade Obierika; the omniscient reporter is not deceived by it either since he reports, ‘Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down.
Is Okonkwo’s final act of killing the messenger heroic?
Answer and Explanation: Okonkwo kills the messenger because he hates what the man represents: the end of his culture. Okonkwo’s people have submitted to the rule of the missionaries and the other colonists. The village elders no longer carry any power, and their traditions are being erased.
Why is Okonkwo happy at the beginning of Chapter 23?
Okonkwo is pleased about the destruction of the church and feels that daily life is beginning to seem normal again. For once, the clan listened to his advice and acted like warriors, though they didn’t kill the missionary or drive the Christians out of Umuofia as he had urged.
Why was Okonkwo concerned about Egonwanne?
Okonkwo looks for Egonwanne, and when Obierika asks why, Okonkwo tells him of his concerns that Egonwanne will advocate against war. Okonkwo is so intense that he does not greet old friends; he just prepares to speak after Egonwanne if necessary to counter Egonwanne’s words to the crowd with an argument of his own.
Why did the white man seem to speak through his nose?
The white man seemed to speak through his nose because his language and intonation were unfamiliar to the Igbo people. The white men waited for the big market day to slaughter the people of Abame because almost every person in the clan was in the market.