https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5 Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-09-01 11:32:58 UTC 2025-12-10 22:16:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 20jsulewski https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184172419 "When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for walk"(Achebe 10)]]> 2017-09-01 11:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184172419 20jsulewski https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184173128 Those who are left out long for experiences they never had]]> 2017-09-01 11:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184173128 20jsulewski https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184175768 The proverb directly refers to people in the village feeling nostalgic of growing up and playing in moonlit nights nights. This proverb indirectly refers to (foreshadows) Ikemefuna being taken from his home and now he will no longer experience life growing up with his family because of something he cant control. Like how a cripple cant (for the most part) control being crippled.]]> 2017-09-01 11:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184175768 20jsulewski https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184612040 It sucks to be left out especially when everyone else does something
Example. when your friends hang out without you and the next time you hang out with them they may have an inside joke your not a part of which could make you wish you were there.]]> 2017-09-05 02:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184612040 20jsulewski https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184612077 "The happy voices of children playing in open fields would then be heard. And perhaps those not so young would be playing in pairs in less open places, and old men and women would remember their youth" (Achebe 10).]]> 2017-09-05 02:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/184612077 hannah_rust https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/186362723 Jacob,  you are missing a major piece of this proverb.  Think about the moon culturally.  What is it symbolic of?  Why does Umuofia value the moon?  
Once you spend time thinking about that, I think you will get to the core of this proverb.]]> 2017-09-11 13:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20jsulewski/4ekqxm366fw5/wish/186362723