https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9 en-us 2019-05-15 22:44:10 UTC 2019-05-23 00:18:12 UTC hello@padlet.com bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360575910 "We killed twelve of their men and they killed only two of ours. Before the end of the fourth market week they were suing for peace. Those were days when men were men.” Okonkwo believes that his men are stronger than his opponents' men. He also believes that a man should act violent.]]> 2019-05-15 22:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360575910 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360575911 "Then they came to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling, and they stopped dead." Okonkwo committed suicide because he didn't want to be thought badly of and he figured that the rest of his people wouldn't go to war with him.]]> 2019-05-15 22:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360575911 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360577102 "To abandon the gods of one’s father and go about with a lot of effeminate men clucking like old hens was the very depth of abomination." Okonkwo believes that if you are a man and you act like women are supposed to act like it's the worst thing you can be.]]> 2019-05-15 23:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360577102 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360578505 This song is not only an imaginative breakup song but it also shows the masculine side when Adam says, "And it really makes me wonder if I ever gave a **** about you."]]> 2019-05-15 23:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360578505 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360578506 "Okonkwo made a sound full of disgust. This was a womanly clan, he thought. Such a thing could never happen in his fatherland, Umuofia." He uses the term 'womanly' as an insult because he believes that all women are meek and helpless]]> 2019-05-15 23:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360578506 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360581496 Both men in this argument, Brutus and Cassius, talk about what it is to be a man and a soldier. Brutus insults Cassius by calling him a slight man.]]> 2019-05-15 23:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360581496 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360582418 When Sokka says "Normally I'd hold a grudge but seeing as you guys are a bunch of girls I'll make an exception," they mop the floor with him.]]> 2019-05-15 23:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360582418 bdurham2003 https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360585917 There's a paragraph in the 2005 Anthony Horowitz book "Raven's Gate that says, "Matt leaned forward to take the axe and as he did so Noah's hand shot out, grabbing hold of him. 'You don't know' he rasped. He was so close that Matt could smell the rotten food on his breath. His fat lips twisted in an unpleasant smile. 'Sometimes Ms. Deverill let's me kill one.' he said. 'A pig. I put the knife in and I listen to it squeal. We'll do the same to you...'" Noah is the type of person who believes in killing whomever he pleases.]]> 2019-05-15 23:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bdurham2003/d9qoae2uzbc9/wish/360585917