Thursday, February 7, 2008
ChapterTwenty-five
When the DC came to get Okonkwo, they had found out that he had hung himself. This culture is very, sort of superstitious. They would not take down his body from the tree because it is against the Earth to commit suicide. So they ask the soldiers to take him down. They also cannot bury him; a stranger must do all of this, that is why they ask the DC’s soldiers. Then they must again clense the land because he is now considered evil. I liked the way that Obierika just started yelling at the DC, pretty much saying he made Okonkwo, who was a great man, stoup to killing himself over overcoming the problems. Oh yeah, that ending about the writing of the book I didn't quite get. It was kind of random.
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I hated the ending. I think Achebe dropped the ball here. It is NOT in Okonkwo's character to just give up in defeat. He's a fighter, he should go out in a blaze of glory or something. That's just my opinion.
I thought Obierika was taking a great risk by doing what he did. Yelling at a white man? I'm sure this could get him in great trouble.
The part about the title of the book I think is Achebe's way of showing how the story may have been written down somehow? I have no idea if these events were true, or if there was ever a real Oknonkwo. I do think the customs, rituals and religious beliefs are probably based on the real thing
Mr. Farrell
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