https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s Chapters 13-16 en-us 2017-10-08 20:35:25 UTC 2026-01-31 00:51:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196100754 Ogbuefi Ezeudo dies. Ogbuefi was a well known figure throughout the village. ]]> 2017-10-11 16:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196100754 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196100917 His gun accidentally had exploded and went through the boy's heart.  
"Violent deaths were frequent, but nothing like this had ever happened" (pg 117)]]> 2017-10-11 16:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196100917 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101105 2017-10-11 16:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101105 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101407 Okonkwo is exiled for 7 years :)]]> 2017-10-11 16:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101407 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101567 Okonkwo is exiled for 7 years :(]]> 2017-10-11 16:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101567 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101909 Six missionaries arrive in Mbanta led by a white man]]> 2017-10-11 16:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196101909 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196102305 Okonkwos friend Oberika visits Okonkwo to tell him that the village of Abame had been wiped out by the white man.   ]]> 2017-10-11 16:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196102305 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196102815  Uchendu shows hospitality to Okonkwo and helps him start life in his motherland]]> 2017-10-11 16:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196102815 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196103164 When Okonkwo commits the murder, people burn Okonkwo's houses, killed his animals, and destroyed his barns to cleanse the land of his sin.

]]> 2017-10-11 16:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196103164 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196103425 2017-10-11 16:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196103425 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196104430 The white men say how they believe in the son of God, and the African gods the villagers worship are not real]]> 2017-10-11 16:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196104430 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196104596 Obierka has been selling Okonkwo's finest yams, and brought him the cowries that he collected from the yams.]]> 2017-10-11 16:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196104596 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196106307 One of the most common names is Nneka which means "mother is supreme" when everyone knows that the men are the head of the family.]]> 2017-10-11 16:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196106307 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196107297 Uchendu sees that Okonkwo is upset about losing his great farm and how he cannot earn further titles while in his motherland. He tells Okonkwo that he is not the biggest sufferer in the world.]]> 2017-10-11 16:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196107297 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196108089 2017-10-11 16:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196108089 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196109357 2017-10-11 16:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196109357 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196109892 OBERIKA VISITS OKONKWO AGAIN 2 YEARS LATER TO TELL HIM, MISSIONAIRES ARE IN UMUOFIA. HE ALSO TELLS HIM OKONKWO'S SON NWOYE IS WITH THE MISSIONAIRES]]> 2017-10-11 16:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196109892 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196110498 "They are gods of deceit who tell you to kill your fellows and destroy innocent children" (pg 135)]]> 2017-10-11 16:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196110498 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196111460 2017-10-11 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196111460 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196112586 Nwoye is captivated by the white preacher of the church and becomes fond of Christianity]]> 2017-10-11 16:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196112586 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196114018 "All was silent. In the center of the crowd a boy lay in a pool of blood. It was the dead man’s sixteen-year-old-son." ]]> 2017-10-11 16:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196114018 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196116918 "We all know that a man is the head of the family and his wives do his bidding. A child belongs to its father and his family and not to its mother and her family."]]> 2017-10-11 16:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196116918 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196118184 Religion becomes a huge theme in the novel from this point forward.  The clash between the African religion and Christianity becomes a motif for the rest of the story]]> 2017-10-11 16:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196118184 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196118515 Okonkwo's first impression of the white men is that they are foolish. He wants to drive them out of Umoufia]]> 2017-10-11 16:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196118515 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196119286 2017-10-11 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196119286 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196120098 2017-10-11 16:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196120098 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196120772 2017-10-11 16:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196120772 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196471897 Okonkwo is a dedicated farmer, and takes his farm very seriously. He is very good at it too, providing him respect and wealth.]]> 2017-10-12 15:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196471897 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196474586 Some feel he is wrongly exiled because it was an accident, but others think he deserves his punishment]]> 2017-10-12 15:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196474586 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196494348 the punishment seems too extreme for accidental murder, however that is their culture and what was accepted as ideal.]]> 2017-10-12 15:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196494348 https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196667667 They showed how big of a funeral it was because of his status, most likely as a contrast to Okonkwo's death... but how did his death affect the clan?]]> 2017-10-13 00:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tryingteacher/bbbkazr7pt6s/wish/196667667