What did the white man bring that brought much money to Umuofia?
There were many men and women in Umuofia who did not feel as strongly as Okonkwo about the new dispensation. The white man had indeed brought a lunatic religion, but he had also built a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia.
What did the white man do in things fall apart?
A white man arrived there to the amazement of the people, and eventually they consulted their Oracle to learn more about him: The elders consulted their Oracle and it told them that the strange man would break their clan and spread destruction among them. As a result, the people of Abame killed the white man.
What was every man in Umuofia asked to do?
The messenger summons every man in Umuofia to gather at the marketplace the next morning.
Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk *?
Mr. Brown
Who did Okonkwo kill?
Okonkwo’s gun accidentally goes off and kills Ezeudu’s sixteen-year-old son. Killing a clansman is a crime against the earth goddess, so Okonkwo must atone by taking his family into exile for seven years. Okonkwo gathers his most valuable belongings and takes his family to his mother’s natal village, Mbanta.
Why did nwoye convert to Christianity?
Nwoye converts to Christianity largely to reject the excessive standard of masculinity his father wants him up to uphold. Nwoye is not at all like his father, and Okonkwo constantly punishes him for being different. Stifled by his father’s expectations, Nwoye runs away and joins the European church.
Is Okonkwo a great man?
Okonkwo is a wealthy man and a noble. He was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams and he had just married his third wife. He had also taken two titles and shown incredible power in two inter-tribal wars.
Is Okonkwo a hero or a villain?
Okonkwo is a tragic hero in the classical sense: although he is a superior character, his tragic flaw—the equation of manliness with rashness, anger, and violence—brings about his own destruction.
Why does Okonkwo hate his father?
Okonkwo hates his father because he fails at being what Umuofia sees as a successful man. Unoka before he dies is “poor and his wife and children barely had enough to eat”. This means that Unoka is weak according to his culture. Okonkwo has “no patience with unsuccessful men”.
Was really Unoka a failure?
Unoka, the grown-up, was a failure. He was poor and his wife and children had barely enough to eat. People laughed at him because he was a loafer, and they swore never to lend him any more money because he never paid back. But Unoka was such a man that he always succeeded in borrowing more, and piling up his debts.
Why did Unoka laugh at Okoye?
Okoye was about take the third-highest title in the land, and he needed to collect resources. Unoka laughed him off, telling him that he had many other debts he needed to pay first.
Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unoka?
Unoka was a coward, hated blood, and didn’t want anything to do with war. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unoka? He was about to earn a new title. The Ibo people consider conversation to be very important.
Why does Unoka neighbor Okoye visit?
Why does Unoka’s neighbor, Okoye, visit him? Unoka’s neighbor, Okoye, visits him often because he wants Unoka to pay him back the two hundred cowries he had borrowed from him.
How does Unoka respond to Okoye asking for his loan to be repaid?
Okoye goes through a long-winded, stylized discourse which is a polite way of asking Unoka to pay back the loan of 200 cowries he borrowed from Okoye. Unoka laughs at Okoye and points at his wall, on which he has marked down all his debts. Unoka died in debt, which is why Okonkwo is ashamed of him.
What part of his body does Okoye paint?
big toe
Why is Okonkwo respected?
His tribal leaders greatly respect Okonkwo in his efforts to provide for his family. In Okonkwo’s tribe, it is a respectable trait to work hard and produce many barns filled with yams. Okonkwo is also a great warrior. He has many human skulls to prove his bravery.
Who was given to the tribe of Umuofia as a peace offering?
Ikemefuna
Why is ikemefuna sent from another village to live with Okonkwo?
Why is Ikemefuna sent from another village to live with Okonkwo? Okonkwo’s family takes him in as a house servant.
Why is Unoka not buried?
Unoka was an ill-fated man. He had a bad chi or personal god, and evil fortune followed him to the grave, or rather to his death, for he had no grave. He died of the swelling which was an abomination to the earth goddess. Unoka died from abdominal swelling, which the Igbo interpret as an abomination.