https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj Made with a hint on looOOoOoOooOve en-us 2017-09-01 13:19:00 UTC 2017-09-09 13:28:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 20jhitzeman https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184195164 "Mother is supreme" ]]> 2017-09-01 13:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184195164 20jhitzeman https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184195867 Any man or woman could be the greatest, strongest, smartest of them all, but they wouldn't have any of it without their mother. Their mother gave them life. Their mother raised them and taught them, and whether or not they want to admit it, at one point in their life they listened and looked up to her. They could be the head of their house or own their company or own lots of land, but they will never be in control of their mother. The mother will always have control their kids until the day they die.  The mother is supreme to their kids.]]> 2017-09-01 13:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184195867 20jhitzeman https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184200199 Okonwo was banished from his village for beating his wife during the week of peace. In his exile, he goes to a land dominated by his mother's blood relations. The man in charge, who is Okonwo's uncle, asks him why he came specifically to this plot of land. He goes on to explain how although one may be the biggest and strongest of a village, like Okonkwo, when they seek sympathy, like Okonkwo, they will always go to their mother. They will never have control over their mother, and they will always fall back to their mother.]]> 2017-09-01 13:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184200199 20jhitzeman https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184732022 "Okonwo was well known thorughout the nine villages... His fame rested on solid personal achievements... He was called the Cat because his back would never touch the earth. It was this man that Okonwo threw in a fight...(Achebe 3)
"'It's true that a child belongs to its father, But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut'"(Achebe 134).
"'A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you'"(Achebe 134).]]> 2017-09-05 13:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184732022 20jhitzeman https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184738917 Today we see men trying to be the biggest and greatest with self achievement. We see people trying to get rid of their parents becuase they want to be greater than them. Although self achievement and success is a great thing, the child will never be supreme to the mother. When mighty people fall, it is to their mother's they will seek sympathy. When mighty people fail, it is to their mothers they will look to to comfort them and help them. One may be the best, but it is to their mother they must thank, for raising them, comforting them, and being their backstop.]]> 2017-09-05 13:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184738917 20bbillings https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184962337 I think this proverb connects well with Parker's proverb about not being obligated to repay your mother. This one is about how you can thank your mother for giving you life and unconditional love which makes her supreme and in control of her kids. Parker's is about that unconditional love and how in order for a mother to be considered supreme she must care for her child no matter what.]]> 2017-09-06 00:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184962337 20braver https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184973394 What about those who only lived with their dad? Or those who just swapped foster family over and over so that they never became attached? Or those who never had a family? Who would they fallback to? What's your opinion on those children? On another note, I agree that many people nowadays are trying to go solo and achieve for themselves. I also agree that when something goes wrong, people return to the "rock" in their life, which in most cases is their mother. So, all in all, I agree with this proverb's meaning.]]> 2017-09-06 01:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/184973394 20jscaglione https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/185441896 I think one of the interesting things about this proverb is how true it is no matter where you apply it. In any situation, your mother is always your elder, and the person you looked up to as a child. No matter who you are, everybody had a mother that they cried to at some time in their life. Even the most powerful people have been scolded by their mothers for something they did. I think that that's a pretty interesting thing to think about]]> 2017-09-07 11:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/185441896 hannah_rust https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/186081690 Very nice work, gentlemen. Plain and simple, we literally owe our lives to our mother's regardless of how she ends up caring for us. I like how Ben elaborates on the concerns that Beckett raises by saying the "supreme-ness" aspect is how a mother treats her role of "mother".]]> 2017-09-09 13:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20jhitzeman/31ixiadvkqbj/wish/186081690