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"The medicine man then ordered that there should be no mourning for the dead child. He brought out a sharp razor from his left shoulder and began to mutilate the child" (Achebe 78).

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"'Yes, Umuofia has decided to kill him. The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves have pronounced it...the party set out with Ikemefuna carrying the pot of wine. A deathly silence descended on Okonkwo's compound" (Achebe 57 & 58).

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"Odukwe bent down and touched the earth. The hearing then began. Uzowulu stepped forward and presented his case." (Achebe, 90)

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"Ezeudu's quarter stormed Okonkwo's compound...set fire to his houses, demolished his red walls, killed his animals and destroyed his barn...they had no hatred in their hearts against Okonkwo."

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"When Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honor and respect...he returned home with a lad of 15 and a young virgin."

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"He brought out a sharp razor from the goatskin bag slung from his left shoulder and began to mutilate the child" (Achebe 78).

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"And then the egwugwu appeared ... Each of the nine egwugwu represented a village of the clan" (pg 84-85).

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"Nwoye had heard that twins were put into earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest...a vague chill descended on him and his head had seemed to swell, like a solitary walker at night who passes an evil spirit on the way" (Ch. 7, pg. 61-62)

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"Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has leaned to fly without perching. I have learned to be stingy with my yams. But I can trust you... Go ahead and prepare your farm."(Ch 3, Pg 22)

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"'You will bring to the shrine of Ani tomorrow one she-goat, one hen, a length of cloth and a hundred cowries.'" (Ch. 4, pg 31)

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¨Fortunately, among these people a man was judged by according to his worth and not according to the worth o his father¨(Achebe, 8)

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"We have heard both sides of the case" said Evil Forest. "Our duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute" (Achebe 93)

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"The drums were still beating, persistent and unchanging. Their sound was no longer a separate thing from the living village. It was like the pulsation of its heart. It throbbed in the air, in the sunshine, and even in the trees, and filled the village with excitement" (Achebe 44)

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"The Feast of the New Yam was approaching and Umuofia was in a festival mood. It was an occasion for giving thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and the source of all fertility" (Ch. 5, pg. 36)

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"Yes, Umuofia has decided to kill him. The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves has pronounced it." (Achebe, 57)

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"The medicine man then ordered that there should be no mourning for the dead child. He brought out a sharp razor from his left shoulder and began to mutilate the child."
(Achebe, 78)

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"The old man bore no ill will towards Okonkwo. Indeed he respected him for his industry and success." (Achebe 26)

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"Gome, gome, gome, boomed the hollow metal. Then the crier gave his message, and at the end of it beat his instrument again. And this was his message. Every man of Umuofia was asked to gather at the market place tomorrow morning. (Achebe, 9)

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"[he] heard that twins were were put into earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest ... A vague chill had descended on him and his head seemed to swell" (Achebe 61-62).

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"It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land...He could return to the clan after seven years" (chapter 13, page 124)

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“Early that morning as he offered a sacrifice of new yam and palm-oil to his ancestors he asked them to protect him, his children and their mothers in the new year.” (Ch. 5, pg 39.)

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"Okoye said the next half a dozen sentences in proverbs. Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten" (pg. 10)

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"Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded highly, and proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten" (Achebe 7).

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“The crowd had surrounded and swallowed up the drummers, whose frantic rhythm was no longer a mere disembodied sound but the very heartbeat of the people” (Achebe 50).

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"'We have heard both sides of the case,' said Evil Forest. 'Our duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute'"(Achebe).

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"'We have heard both sides of the case... Our duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute'" (Achebe 93).

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"We have heard both sides of this case; said evil forest. Our duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute" (Achebe, 88)

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"The egwugwu appeared[,] [t]he women and children sent up a great shout and took to their heels. It was instinctive…And when, as on that day, nine of the greatest masked spirits in the clan came out together it was a terrifying spectacle… Okonkwo's wives…might have noticed the second egwugwu had the springy walk of Okonkwo…[he] was not among the titled men and elders who sat behind the row of egwugwu…[their] duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute” (Achebe 39-40).

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Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil of which words are eaten (Ch. 1 - pg. 7).

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"Yes, Umuofia has decided to kill him. The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves has pronounced it. THey will take him outside Umuofia as is the custom, and kill him there." (Ch. 7, p. 57)