Embedding Quotations from Things Fall Apart by Diana Martinez https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp Chinua Achebe gives us a non-biased view of many of his culture's rituals, appearing to take the position of a cultural relativist. en-us 2020-10-28 14:45:36 UTC 2020-10-28 17:22:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Negotiating a bride price. martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/869930222  When they returned Ukegbu handed the bundle of sticks back to Obierika. He counted them; instead of thirty there were now only fifteen. He passed them over to his eldest brother, Machi, who also counted them and said: "We had not thought to go below thirty. But as the dog said, 'If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is play'. Marriage should be a play and not a fight; so we are failing down again." He then added ten sticks to the fifteen and gave the bundle to Ukegbu. In this way Akuke's bride-price was finally settled at twenty bags of cowries. It was already dusk when the two parties came to this agreement. "Go and tell Akueke's mother that we have finished,...]]> 2020-10-28 14:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/869930222 How an obange is buried in the evil forest. martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/869946566  The medicine man then ordered that there should be no mourning for the dead child. He brought out a sharp razor from the goatskin bag slung from his left shoulder and began to mutilate the child. Then he took it away to bury in the Evil Forest, holding it by the ankle and dragging it on the ground.

]]> 2020-10-28 15:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/869946566 When Ezinma's stone is found: martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870001959  "Is this yours?" he asked Ezinma. "Yes," she replied. All the women shouted with joy because Ekwefi's troubles were at last ended. 

]]> 2020-10-28 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870001959 The day after the sacrifice of Ikemefuna martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870020626  Okonkwo did not taste any food for two days after the death of Ikernefuna. He drank palm wine from morning till night, and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor, He called his son, Nwoye, to sit with him in his obi. But the boy was afraid of him and slipped out of the hut as soon as he noticed him dozing. ]]> 2020-10-28 15:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870020626 When Okonkwo chides himself for feeling sad about Ikemefuna: martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870033606  "When did you become a shivering old woman," Okonkwo asked himself, "you, who are known in all the nine villages for your valor in war? How can a man who has killed five men in battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to their number? Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed." 

]]> 2020-10-28 15:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870033606 When the bride is presented to the suitor's family: martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870043610  She wore a coiffure which was done up into a crest in the middle of the head. Cam wood was rubbed lightly into her skin, and all over her body were black patterns drawn with uh. She wore a black necklace which hung down in three coils just above her full, succulent breasts. On her arms were red and yellow bangles, and on her waist four or five rows of jigida, or waist beads. 

]]> 2020-10-28 15:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870043610 When the stone is found... martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870081991  He raised it carefully with the hoe and threw it to the surface. Some women ran away in fear when it was thrown. But they soon returned and everyone was gazing at the rag from a reasonable distance. Okagbue emerged and without saying a word or even looking at the spectators he went to his goatskin bag, took out two leaves and began to 85 chew them. When he had swallowed them, he took up the rag with his left hand and began to untie it. And then the smooth, shiny pebble fell out. ]]> 2020-10-28 15:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870081991 When the medicine man finds the stone, there are many details that a Western viewer might be skeptical about. The medicine man is in a deep hole when he finds the supposed iyi-uwa, so the clan members don't actually see what he does. They are described as "spectators," implying that maybe they are there to see a performance, but the author legitimizes what is happening by saying they were "at a reasonable distance." The women even ran away when the stone was thrown out of the hole and the medicine man takes his time to chew on a leaf before unwrapping it from a cloth. The author is respectful of the culture here, immersing us in the experience as if we were Ibo members ourselves. We learn to see the world from the Ibo perspective, where a child can break her tie to the spirit world and be freed from a cycle of death. martinezd12 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870242393 2020-10-28 16:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870242393 When Ekwifi kept loosing her children "she had grown so bitter... that she could not rejoice with others over their good fortune." She had become so hopeless feeling almost jealous that others had it easy compared to her who has continued to suffer. She couldn't feel happy for those around her so she "went about [it] with a cloud on her brow." He's trying to show us that even though Ekwefi was acting a certain way it wasn't because she wanted to be rude but instead she was hurting and Nwoye's celebration was reminding her of that pain. https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870499782 2020-10-28 16:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870499782 Enzinmas stone https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870571708 The author is showing cultural relativism here because he’s expressing the joy and significance of Enzinmas stone and wasn’t belittling it. “Ekwefis troubles were at last ended.” He respected the belief that if it were discovered the child shall not die, this brought people relief.]]> 2020-10-28 17:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870571708 https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870571872 By the way the author is describing her actions and appearance we can see that he's using cultural relativism. His tone when he is describing how she was traditionally prepared by wearing the jigida and coiffure makes it sound natural and normal. ]]> 2020-10-28 17:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/martinezd12/9uejs7gkyo4a20lp/wish/870571872