https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q en-us 2019-05-09 15:01:05 UTC 2019-05-09 19:39:26 UTC hello@padlet.com brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358513944 Having titles and masculinity gives the men of Umofia power, they have to be successful to be looked at as important and valuable. ]]> 2019-05-09 15:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358513944 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358516609 "Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. His wives, 
especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, 
and so did his little children. Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man"]]> 2019-05-09 15:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358516609 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358518473 Okonkwo had no tolerance for encountering unsuccessful individuals. "He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists. He had no patience for unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father." This shows how his father's lack of success and power caused distance within their unity as a family and reality. Also showing how the culture viewed being successful as an important part of living and powerful]]> 2019-05-09 15:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358518473 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358519938 https://youtu.be/fmkFdAMFGXo]]> 2019-05-09 15:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358519938 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358523448 In chapter 9,it talked about how Okonkwo sometimes became physical with his wives and children when they made small mistakes or did things they were not supposed to do. Okonkwo was very afraid of his family or himself resembling his father in any way so much that he became abusive. Also his masculinity and power played a role in that as well.]]> 2019-05-09 15:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358523448 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358533399 Okonkwo didn't show his emotions unless it was anger to keep his masculinity and power. "Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness,-the only thing worth demonstrating was strength." This demonstrates how Okonkwo did not express his feelings because he felt it was not a strength but a weakness.]]> 2019-05-09 15:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358533399 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358550773 Chapter 14, there was a discussion that took place between Okonkwo and Uchendu about how the men were viewed as more superior than women but, and also how the child belonged to the father and his family but not the mother and her family. Even though, they had given the girls the name "Nneka" or "Mother is Supreme". This shows how, even though the women were supposed to be weaker than the men they still were given names that did not degrade them. ]]> 2019-05-09 16:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358550773 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358552159 In chapter 5 it talkes about Okonkwo having problems with managing his anger in an appropriate manner. Sometimes it would cause him to lash out and abuse his wives and children in order to release it. “...Okonkwo gave her a sound beating and left her and her only daughter weeping...His anger thus satisfied. This shows how he used his anger as a release on his family also causing him to become out of body or away from himself. ]]> 2019-05-09 16:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358552159 brianajenkins946 https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358648881 In chapter 7, it talked about how in Umofia they have strict cultural rules about how a man should control his family and home(Be the at the head of the household). For sample, “No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.” This shows how within their culture it was important to them that the man was the head of the home and should have all control and authority over the children and their wives. ]]> 2019-05-09 19:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brianajenkins946/ex7ukv6xe04q/wish/358648881