https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd Discuss how you feel about Okonkwo's death. Surprised? Anticipated? Why? en-us 2021-10-26 14:20:26 UTC 2021-12-02 18:05:09 UTC hello@padlet.com oolugbamila https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845697092 I did not see Okonkwo's death coming, and I am very surprised that it did not happen any sooner. I didn't think that Okonkwo would have killed himself, I thought that his son was going to kill him. Okonkwo is a very strong and powerful man, I didn't think he would take the easy way out and kill himself. ]]> 2021-10-26 16:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845697092 saauclair https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845702537 I was super shocked that Okonkwo killed himself because he always shamed people who committed suicide. He said that it was a sign of weakness. For him to take his life is a big moment because it meant he felt so pressured by the missionaries, that he couldn’t handle it. He was also not supported by his tribe because they wouldn’t start a war against the missionaries with him, even after he made the first move of killing a missionary. ]]> 2021-10-26 16:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845702537 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845703168 I was surprised because he was always a very strong willed person and most likely would have viewed suicide as quitting or giving up. Okonkwo probably saw giving up as an effeminate thing to do, so it is strange that he would end up doing something that he was afraid of. ]]> 2021-10-26 16:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845703168 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845704082 I am not surprised by the death of Okonkwo. Okonkwo was committed to the traditional cultural and religious practices and ways of his tribe - as such, his death as a result of his incompatibility with the Christians was expected. The Christians wanted to spread their government, religion, and way of life with the Ibo, so it's sensible that they'd take care of any opposition that faced them. ]]> 2021-10-26 16:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845704082 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845705306 i saw it coming considering that has been stressed and working his whole life. Always trying to prove to himself that heś not like his father and proving to people that heś successful. i expected that all that stress he puts on himself will build up at some point and just explode.]]> 2021-10-26 16:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845705306 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845705701

I was shocked that he killed himself at the end because throughout the book he preached about being strong and not showing weakness and would get very upset when someone in his family showed any sign of weakness like being lazy, tired, or something that reminds him of his dad but ending up killings himself which he would see as weak.]]> 2021-10-26 16:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845705701 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845707869 I was surprised because I didn't expect him to "give up" in a sense I would have expected him to keep fighting even if that killed him vs. Killing himself]]> 2021-10-26 17:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845707869 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845708746 Okonkwo's death was tragic, yet fitting to his character. Okonkwo's abrupt death was surprising and somewhat comical to me as a reader. In life Okonkwo was so focused on culture and tradition and honorability that it guided everything he did in the novel. This obsession with being the perfect Ibo man makes his death extremely ironic as suicide is considered an very dishonorable death in his tribe. This irony and tragedy was given less than a page in the novel, which personally makes me emotional and sympathetic to Okonkwo and his family.]]> 2021-10-26 17:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845708746 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845709453 In my eyes Okonkwo’s death was not a surprise. Let me say that I did get spoiled half way through the book and knew for a while. But, when he took his own life i did not see it as a surprise. For starters he is a stubborn man so he would seem like the type of person to not let anyone or anything else take his life other than himself. Second he was CRUSHED under the pressure of the missionaries. I feel like that was the main cause. Once he came back to his father land he had seen the damage that had been dealt and tried to make a change. But when he came to realize that people were getting captured and there was no saving this land, thats when he decided that there was no point in living and so he hung himself. In conclusion after reading the entire book I feel that his death was deserved. He was a man that in my opinion did not deserve a happy ending. He caused so many people pain and it finally all came right back around fo him]]> 2021-10-26 17:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845709453 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845709696 When Okonkwo died I was very suprised as I thought he was gonna survive to the end of the story. I thought he had it coming as a lot of the time he was impaulsive and would always resort to violence. i felt like he couldn't except the change which is what led to his death as he couldn't live with himself that his own clan had become in which he descirbed as weak and afraid of taking action. I was super shocked mainly beacuse he would always pride himself on being strong willed and brave, which for him to killhimself is a big suprise. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845709696 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845710251 Okonkwo's death came to me as a surprise. I didn't expect him to go out this way regarding how big his ego was, and how much of a proud and powerful man he described himself to be. I'd have thought that Okonkwo would've shamed suicide and thought of it as cowardly, which makes it extremely surprising that this was the way he chose to go out.]]> 2021-10-26 17:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845710251 tashope https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845710452 I am heartbroken over Okonkwo's death. It was anticipated because of my discussion with others at my table, but I was still caught off guard by it. I don't entirely like Okonkwo, but I am so sad to see him reduced in such a way. Okonkwo isn't a great person, but at the end of the day, he is a man who would give anything for tradition. It shows how strongly Okonkwo felt, in killing himself, but also how the entrance of white men to the area had taken a toll and reduced the clan's traditions. I hate that he is looked at as a funny, little anecdote for the District Commissioner's book. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845710452 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845711262 I was surprised about Okonkwo's death. I always thought that he thought so highly of himself that he would never willingly do that to himself. I thought that Okonkwo would have thought that killing himself would show weakness and would never do it. Especially because the act was considered evil in his culture and Okonkwo valued his culture so much. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845711262 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845711439 I was surprised about Okonkwo's death. I always thought that he thought so highly of himself that he would never willingly do that to himself. I thought that Okonkwo would have thought that killing himself would show weakness and would never do it. Especially because the act was considered evil in his culture and Okonkwo valued his culture so much. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845711439 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845712808 Okonkwo's suicide was abrupt, but to me, it was not a surprise. It had been made clear that Okonkwo was no longer an essential member of the clan, and he had isolated himself after his imprisonment. The death of Okonkwo seemed to be his last act of desperation after his long and winding road of downfall. Personally, I thought he would be killed by the clansmen after killing the messenger for committing a second crime. The scene of Okonkwo's suicide does not seem thematically coherent after his speeches of manhood and bravery throughout the duration of the book. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845712808 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845715069 I was very surprised that the author ended the book with Okonkwo killing himself. Okonkwo is a very important character and the story would not be the same without him. Okonkwo was a very powerful man and felt everything was about himself so him giving up and taking the easy way out was very surprising. I would think Okonkwo would view that as weak, and Okonkwo wanted to be everything but weak. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845715069 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845715446 I did not see Okonkwo's death coming because he was a well Respected man in his Village and was a very traditional man in his Village and He had money and a family ,so i was shocked that he had kill himself and i thought that would show to be just like his Father . ]]> 2021-10-26 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845715446 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845716753 I saw this coming, when we first started reading I saw how he acted and most people that are that usually don't get that happy of an ending, and he deserved it for those reasons. I also pitty Okonkwo because he had lost the life he had known for so long, he had already tried starting over in a way. But after he had come back everyone had moved on in their own ways and he was the one stuck with no real future.]]> 2021-10-26 17:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845716753 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845718393 I was shocked when Okonkwo killed himself because throughout the entire novel, he had been this strong, brute, and tough character. I would've imagined that he thought killing himself and ending it all would show weakness, which would remind him of his father. If another man was in this situation and Okonkwo judged him, he would think he was a coward and weak.]]> 2021-10-26 17:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845718393 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845721318 I was not expecting Okonkwo’s death, however I am not surprised. I was surprised by the fact that it didn’t happen sooner and didn’t think it would be by suicide. How this happened was fitting for his character and also his ego. I thought it would be his son if anything. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845721318 tashope https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845723462 It was very surprising to me that Okonkwo decided to kill himself at the end of the novel. It was not something I would ever expect him to do. I feel like he would view that as weakness and look down upon those who did it. He was a very strong man who looked down on people he deemed weak and those who "took the easy way out" of things.]]> 2021-10-26 17:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845723462 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845724710 I saw it coming. I thought that Okonkwo would kill himself because I knew that with Okonkwo's titles becoming less significant he would think he had nothing to live for. Also Okonkwo thrives in tradition and without it he doesn't know who he is. For the whole story Okonkwo has let himself be a byproduct of his culture. He knew from a young age that the way his father was wasn't correct. So he tried to be the polar opposite of him. This meant that Okonkwo wasn't really being himself he was being what he didn't want to be. Therefore, with Okonkwo just being the shadow of his culture, when the culture fell apart, he fell apart. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845724710 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845726736 2021-10-26 17:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845726736 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845727685 Okonkwo's death was very surprising to me considering that I did not think that he was the type of man to do that. Okonkwo killed himself because he couldn't handle things falling apart but I thought he was stronger than that. It was a pretty coward move, or in his words very womanly. Killing himself showed weakness that he swore he didn't have...and I'm just shocked that he didn't push through. In the end, I feel like he ended up who he always feared he would be. And I feel bad for his family, but maybe...it just took things falling apart for his true self to come out. He always said that the strong were born strong. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845727685 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845728745 I was shocked to see Okonkwo's death because he didn't seem to care about others besides himself. The ending kinda threw me off guard but overall I thought it was a good thing he died. I thought this because he was affecting the lives of others and made their lives bad.

]]> 2021-10-26 17:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845728745 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845729289 I was caught by surprise from okonkwo's death but I can see how it happened. I wouldn't think of okonkwo as the type of guy to kill himself because he was all about being strong and independent. But I can see how he killed himself because even though he put on a tuff act he still felt bad about the things he did. He felt bad about killing ikemefuma and he felt bad about nowe leaving. He probably understood how Nowoe felt but didn't want to admit it to himself. ]]> 2021-10-26 17:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845729289 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845737023 I wasn't surprised about the fact that Okonkwo died, but I was surprised at how he died. I figured that maybe he would get into some trouble with the foreigners and/or other villages, or end up in a war. I wasn't expecting him to kill himself because of how he adamantly adhered to his culture, and the fact that taking your own life was looked down upon. Because he was such a powerful man who was set on climbing to the top, I never thought he would kill himself seeing as that would destroy all his honor. However, it is symbolic that as the foreigners drove his culture to its demise, they also drove Okonkwo to his own.]]> 2021-10-26 17:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845737023 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845744588 I feel like Okonkwo's death was bound to happen with in the book. However, I did not expect him to die this soon and by suicide. I thought Okonkwo would die fighting the church trying to win back his culture. I feel like this is kind of what Okonkwo deserved because of how he had acted throughout the book. Even thought he did do some things that had redeemed him, it was only temporary. His good actions had not outweigh the mental and physical abuse he put onto his wife's and children. The way he treats the people around him ended up breaking him and eventually killed him.]]> 2021-10-26 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845744588 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845758956 I wasn't surprised that Okonkwo died I didn't think that he was going to kill himself but it was a posiblity. I feel that Okonkwo was somebody who shut off his emotions and bundled them up until the end where they exploded out and he killed himself becasue he couldn't contain his emotions anymore and killed himself becasue he saw himself as weak and killed himself becasue of it.]]> 2021-10-26 17:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1845758956 cjfillon https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1925777835 Okonkwo's death was not surprising, as he always bottled up his emotions, and when one does that, they blow up. Also,he seemed like the person who wouldn't let anybody else take him out, so he left life on his own terms.]]> 2021-12-02 18:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1925777835 https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1925785870 Okonkwo's death didn't come surprising to me, just the way he died did. I would never think someone who viewed them self so powerful would commit suicide. In many people's point of view, they view suicide as the easy way out and someone like Okonkwo would never accept. Okonkwo couldn't handle anymore things in his life falling apart after all these years of pushing everyone around him to be like him. I feel as his death wasn't "deserved" but it makes sense. ]]> 2021-12-02 18:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bpope2/97bqcnb37rklpsd/wish/1925785870