https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas Things fall apart en-us 2019-05-05 00:44:01 UTC 2025-04-18 17:07:05 UTC hello@padlet.com hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/356878390 "Okonkwo was provoked to justifiable anger by his youngest wife, who went to plait her hair at her friend's house and did not return early enough to cook the afternoon meal. Okonkwo did not know at first that she was not at home."

Analysis: Okonkwo had came back to the village to go and enjoy a meal that was made by his wife. But unfortunately, he finds out from his second wife that she has gone to go and braid her hair and Okonkwo had decided to beat his wife all because she didn't make him dinner.

]]> 2019-05-05 00:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/356878390 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/356880749 "The festival was now only three days away. Okonkwo's wives had scrubbed the walls and the huts with red earth until they reflected light. They had then drawn patterns on them in white, yellow and dark green."


Analysis: The Feast of the New Yam was approaching and Okonkwo gave his wives job. His wives had to scrub the walls and paint them. Which since they are women they must work for their husbands since the men are more powerful than women.

]]> 2019-05-05 01:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/356880749 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357289195 In Chapter 3 the women were growing so called "women crops" like coco-yams, and beans. Meanwhile, the "Mens crops" were the yams. The men growing the yams were the people providing for their families and basically being greater than women. This basically makes them superior over the women.]]> 2019-05-06 17:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357289195 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357313612 In chapter 8 Okonkwo seemed really disappointed in his son. He was upset that his son wasn't exactly like him and could fight just like him. He then wishes that his daughter was a boy just because she has the "right spirit".]]> 2019-05-06 17:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357313612 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357318484 In Chapter 6, the author states that Chielo was a perfect example of a women. The reasoning behind in it is because, she was a very powerful person and just because she had a "supernatural power" that caused men to respect her. The only why men were respecting her unlike all the other women, is because she acted and did things like a man would do. I feel like Mulan relates to this because she had the skill to fight just like the men but just because she was a women she wasn’t allowed to. But once she decided to go under cover as a male, she was suddenly respected by men.]]> 2019-05-06 17:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357318484 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357324431 "As a matter of fact the tree was very much alive. Okonkwo's second wife had merely cut a few leaves off it to wrap some food, and she said so. Without further argument, Okonkwo gave her a sound beating and left her and her only daughter weeping. "Neither of the other wives dared to interfere beyond an occasional and tentative, "It is enough, Okonkwo," pleaded from a reasonable distance."


Analysis: Okonkwo began to get angry and decided to take it out on his wife by beating her. The reason that he got angry was only because his second wife decided to stand up to him and deny that she didn't kill the banana tree. And then begins to slap her without even saying his side of his argument.]]> 2019-05-06 18:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357324431 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357330463 In Chapter 10, the author states that women aren't allowed to be involved with judicial  hearings and only men are allowed to speak as well as judge trials especially when a women is the one with the complaint. This image can relate to this theme because it shows that men are basically greater than women and get certain privileges than women do.]]> 2019-05-06 18:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357330463 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357459099 “He belongs to the clan,” he told her [Okonkwo’s eldest wife]. “So look after him.”
“Is he staying long with us?” she asked.
“Do what you are told, woman,” Okonkwo thundered, and stammered. “When did you become one of the ndichie of Umuofia?”
And so Nwoye’s mother took Ikemefuna to her hut and asked no more questions.

Analysis: Okonkwo likes to treat his wife as a servant. And his eldest wives were taught to be silent and not to talk back when it came to standing up for themselves. Because, If she were to stand up for herself then she would of gotten beaten in front of her child.

]]> 2019-05-07 03:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357459099 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357579793 “The only course open to Okonkwo was to flee from the clan. It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land. The crime was of two kinds, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female, because it had been inadvertent. He could return to the clan after seven years.”

Analysis: When it came to crimes they were always split up based on gender. Male crimes were more of a big deal than women’s crimes. When it came to the punishments the males was still more serious. I feel as if they wouldn’t have a big punishment for women because men as well as their own children need them, especially to make them dinner.]]> 2019-05-07 12:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357579793 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357585958 In a part of Chapter 2 it talks about, how in the Igbo culture the women there are known as “weak” which sets a bad reputation for the men which basically is an insult towards them. But, Okonkwo seems to be ashamed to be apart of the Igbo tribe and is quite afraid that he would be called a agbala.]]> 2019-05-07 12:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/357585958 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359668220 "Okonkwo was popularly called the ‘Roaring Flame.’ As he looked into the log fire he recalled the name. He was a flaming fire. How then could he have begotten a son like Nwoye, degenerate and effeminate? Perhaps he was not his son. No! he could not be. His wife had played him false. He would teach her! But Nwoye resembled his grandfather, Unoka, who was Okonkwo’s father. He pushed the thought out of his mind. He, Okonkwo, was called a flaming fire. How could he have begotten a woman for a son?"

Analysis: In this quote Okonkwo compares himself to a fiery flame. Which is considered a symbol of masculinity to show how flaming his temper can be and how much stronger he is compared to others. ]]> 2019-05-13 20:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359668220 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359675079 "Ezinma grew up in her father’s exile and became one of the most beautiful girls in Mbanta. She was called Crystal of Beauty, as her mother had been called in her youth. The young ailing girl who had caused her mother so much heartache had been transformed, almost overnight, into a healthy, buoyant maiden. She had, it was true, her moment of depression when she would snap at everybody like an angry dog. These moods descended on her suddenly and for no apparent reason. But they were very rare and short-lived. As long as they lasted, she could bear no other person but her father."

Analysis: Ezima is starting to become a bit more feminine. But because of her father Okonkwo, she has a more masculine side of her which typically makes her "trans-gender".]]> 2019-05-13 21:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359675079 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359714816 “Let us not reason like cowards,” said Okonkwo. “If a man comes into my hut and defecates on the floor, what do I do? Do I shut my eyes? No! I take a stick and break his head. That is what a man does. These people are daily pouring filth over us, and Okeke says we should pretend not to see.” Okonkwo made a sound full of disgust. This was a womanly clan, he thought. Such a thing could never happen in his fatherland, Umuofia."

Analysis: Okonkwo associates lack of bravery with femininity which he's basically saying that women aren't brave and that men have more bravery than women do.]]> 2019-05-14 01:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359714816 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359716774 “You have all seen the great abomination of your brother. Now he is no longer my son or your brother. I will only have a son who is a man, who will hold his head up among my people. If any one of you prefers to be a woman, let him follow Nwoye now while I am alive so that I can curse him.”

Analysis: In this quote Okonkwo decides to teach his children these stereotypical masculine traditions instead of maybe having his wife teach the kids about the traditions she has learned.]]> 2019-05-14 01:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359716774 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718173 In this chapter Okonkwo talks about how he values his people just because they epitomize masculinity. And Okonkwo gets upset because his clan is being viewed differently for possibly becoming more feminine.]]> 2019-05-14 01:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718173 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718178 In this chapter, it talks about how the people of Umuofia  refused to fight against the Christians in the holy war and Okonkwo had considered them weak for quitting and saying that they were supposedly acting like women and being feminine instead of acting masculine.]]> 2019-05-14 01:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718178 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718181 "Nneka had had four previous pregnancies and childbirths. But each time she had borne twins, and they had been immediately thrown away. Her husband and his family were already becoming highly critical of such a woman and were not unduly perturbed when they found she had fled to join the Christians. It was a good riddance."

Analysis: In this quote the narrator talks about how Nneka and how considering she's a women she isn't able to provide for her family by herself. Which means that she needs to have a husband to provide for the families since they are men and are apparently "stronger" than them.]]> 2019-05-14 01:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/359718181 hellokittygyrl30 https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/360295764 In chapter 20 the narrator talks about how Okonkwo values his two daughters because they attract well respected men. Which he’s basically using them to better his reputation in the community ]]> 2019-05-15 12:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hellokittygyrl30/jm7cmpg0wlas/wish/360295764