https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x With your House, find as many "man vs..." examples of conflict as you can within the first 7 chapters of of Things Fall Apart. The winning team will earn 5 checkmarks! The team in second will win 3 checkmarks. The remaining teams will each earn 2 checkmarks. en-us 2021-12-10 14:57:37 UTC 2026-02-27 21:46:21 UTC hello@padlet.com jhsmith5 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952273991 Achebe creates a "man vs man" conflict in Chapter 1 by recounting how Okonkwo wrestled, and beat, Amalinze the Cat (pg. 3). This conflict furthers the idea that Okonkwo has accomplished much in his life. ]]> 2021-12-16 17:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952273991 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952276452 Achebe creates a "man v self" conflict in Chapter 1 when it says that Okonkwo pounced on people when he couldn't get his words out quick enough (pg.4).]]> 2021-12-16 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952276452 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952277957 achebe creates a man v. self conflict by talking about how Okonkwo is at a battle between himself and the thought of being weak like his father(pg.13)]]> 2021-12-16 17:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952277957 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952278368 Achebe creates a man vs self conflict in chapter 7 by killing Ikemefuma due to the fact that he did not want to be seen as weak. This conflict adds to the fact that Okonkwo is slowly turning into a tragic hero. (pg. 61).]]> 2021-12-16 17:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952278368 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952280671 Achebe creates "man vs self" conflict in chapter 7 when Okonkwo goes against his desire to not be weak when bonding with Ikemefuna. (pg.26)]]> 2021-12-16 17:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952280671 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281586 Achebe creates a "man v supernatural/fate" conflict in chapter 2 by talking about how Okonkwo's whole life is dominated by fear and the fear of failure and weakness, which is sort of like his fate. (pg. 13). ]]> 2021-12-16 17:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281586 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281788 Achebe creates a man vs society conflict in the novel when points out in chapter 1 how is dad owed everybody money and was shunned by everyone for it and died in debt  (pg 5) It made Okonkwo resent his dad and sort of take the authority of providing since his father couldn't]]> 2021-12-16 17:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281788 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281963 When Okonkwo beat up his wife severely for cutting off a few leaves of the banana tree (pg. 38) This shows that he had a strong belief that he and the other men should be able to control his women.]]> 2021-12-16 17:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952281963 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952283136 Achebe creates ¨man vs man¨ conflict in chapter 4 when it says Okonkwo knew she was not speaking the truth. He walked back to his obi to await Ojiugo's return. And when she returned he beat her heavily.¨(pg.29) This adds how he cares about his wife and affects the relationship of those around him]]> 2021-12-16 17:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952283136 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952283813 Achebe creates a man v self  by talking about how okonkwo even during the week of peace let his emotions and anger over some him and made him beat his wife (pg. 29). This shows okonkwos anger can easily over take him and cause him to do wrong

]]> 2021-12-16 17:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952283813 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952286959 Achebe creates a "man v.s society"conflict in chapter 4 by showing how Onkowo goes against the Peace Week by beating his wife. This conflicts adds more to his character development that he is reckless and doesn´t fear punishments from his leaders. ]]> 2021-12-16 17:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952286959 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952287598 okonkwo was ashamed of his father and wanted to be better than what his father turned out to be pg 8]]> 2021-12-16 17:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952287598 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952288137 Achebe creates a man v. man conflict when, in chapter 7, Ikemefuna is killed and Okonkwo goes after Ikememfuna's killer]]> 2021-12-16 17:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952288137 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952288864 Achebe creates a "man v nature" conflict in chapter 3 by by explaining that Okonkwo worked daily on farming his crops he borrowed from Nwakibie. However, the season was very dry and not all the crops grew. It was important for the crops to grow because Nwakibie trusted Okonkwo with his crops that were very valuable. ]]> 2021-12-16 17:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952288864 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952291250 achebe creates a man vs society conflict in chapter 1 when he says, "the doomed lad was sacrificed to the village to avoid war and bloodshed" (pg 8). It's in their society to sacrifice people nomatter what because they believe it'll thwart the chance of war ]]> 2021-12-16 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952291250 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292482 When Okonkowo looked down at a man at a kindred meeting, just because he had no titles, he was thinking as though he was more higher than the man in some aspects. (pg. 26) Although that may have been true, and called him a woman, this was not right. THis helped to show that Okonkwo was a proud man.]]> 2021-12-16 17:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292482 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292958 pg 13 okonkwo had a heavy hand in his household and was abusive]]> 2021-12-16 17:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292958 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292984 Achebe created " Man Vs. Man " on pg.5 by mentioning people swore to never lend Unoka money because he never kept his word & payed people back what was given to him. Chapter 1]]> 2021-12-16 17:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952292984 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952293713 Achebe creates a man v. nature conflict when in chapter 7 (pg.56) a swarm of locusts fly by and people fill baskets up with the locusts to eat them. ]]> 2021-12-16 17:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952293713 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295096 Okonkwo, who had risen so suddenly from great poverty and misfortune to be one of the lords of the clan  (chapter 4)]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295096 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295166 Achebe creates ¨man vs society¨ when Okonkwo beat his wife on sacred and week and defied the gods. ¨And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan.¨(pg.31) This affected the way people and his enemies thought of him]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295166 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295180 Achebe creates "man vs society" with the difference between those with and without titles. Showing how based on those factors, some will have more respect than others. (pg. 28)]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295180 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295308 Achebe wrote "Even as a little boy he had resented his father's failure and weakness, and even now he still remembered how he had suffered when a playmate had told him that his father was abala".(pg 13). This is a man vs. man conflict because his playmate called his father a name and it stuck with Okonkwo.]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295308 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295404 his father failure held heavy weight on him throughout his whole life and he became dominated by fear ]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295404 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295508 Achebe creates a man vs nature conflicting when describing how Okonkwo felt he could survive anything if he survived the bad harvest. This adds to the conflict that Okonkwo had a little too much faith in himself. (pg. 24).]]> 2021-12-16 17:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952295508 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952297469 Achebe makes a man v nature conflict when sharing how okonkwo had a hard time growing yams and other crops due to the violent rain they had when trying to harvest and achebe saying, "That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral"(pg.24).]]> 2021-12-16 17:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952297469 674146 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952297765 On page 7 it is revealed that Unoka owes debt to Okoye but he wouldn't pay it because he already owes a lot more debt to others. This adds on to the idea that Unoka wasn't successful in life and really shows how much debt he owed. ]]> 2021-12-16 17:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952297765 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298289 When Okonkwo had found out that his wife had carelessly elft to plait her hair, without feeding her children or Okonkwo, Okonkwo beat her when she returned. (pg.30) It had been the Week of Peace, but giving no regard to the goddess associated with that week, he continued beating her up.]]> 2021-12-16 17:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298289 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298415 The last war the village had, he was the first to bring home a human head, which was his fifth head was said in chapter 2 (page 11). Fighting amonst other villages isn't a foreign concept and Okonkwo is experienced in it with it being his fifth head ]]> 2021-12-16 17:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298415 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298487 Achebe creates a ¨ man v.s man¨ conflict in chapter 5 when Okonkwo nearly shoots his wife out of anger because of an argument that they had. This develops his character more because he has anger issues, one thing the wife whispered under her breathe set him completely off.]]> 2021-12-16 17:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952298487 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299111 the crops were drowned in rain and the drought came and it became the worst year memory pg 23

]]> 2021-12-16 17:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299111 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299648 Achebe creates ¨ man vs self ¨ conflict in chapter 7 by talking about how Nwoye loved stories but since Okonkwo wants Nwoye to be a man, Nwoye considers the stories to be foolish and meant for women and children. (pg. 54)]]> 2021-12-16 17:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299648 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299956 Achebe creates "man vs self" by referencing how Okonkwo had worked very hard to rise from poverty and his fathers image to where he is now. (pg. 27)]]> 2021-12-16 17:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952299956 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952300703 achebe creates a man v. man conflict in chapter 4(pg.26) by showing an argument between Okonkwo and Osugo, a man with no titles]]> 2021-12-16 17:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952300703 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952300946 on page 13 it talks about how Okonkwos whole life being dominated by fear and he was very strict and that causes him to be really strict to his wives and kids]]> 2021-12-16 17:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952300946 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952301546 there is a man v. supernatural conflict in chapter 7 when the man tells okonkwo the "oracle" said ikemefuna should be killed (pg. 57)]]> 2021-12-16 17:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952301546 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302177 Ikemefuna tried to run away but thought of his mother and his three sisters and wept bitterly. (pg 27)]]> 2021-12-16 17:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302177 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302715 Achebe creates a man vs self conflict in chapter 2 when he shares that Okonkwo has a heavy hand and the youngest/ his children lived in fear due to his youth growing up living in fear ]]> 2021-12-16 17:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302715 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302895 Achebe creates a "Man vs Society" conflict in chapter 7 on page 52 with the quote,"For three years Ikemefuna lived in Okonkwo's household and the elders of Umofia seemed to have forgotten about him".]]> 2021-12-16 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952302895 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952303431 Okonkwo had been too poor to pay for the bride price for Ekwefi, because his father had left him nothing. (pg.40) In fact, he had dealt with a lot of problems because of his father, and now that he was prosperous, it showed that through hard work and determination, he was able to get to the top.]]> 2021-12-16 17:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952303431 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952303582 okonkwo became impatient with his fathers words pg 24-25]]> 2021-12-16 17:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952303582 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952306629 Achebe creates ¨man vs self¨ when he makes Okonkwo's character despise his dad which has been stated in multiple pages and effects with his mental health. ¨I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan.¨(pg.33) ]]> 2021-12-16 17:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952306629 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952306989 his first son was lazy in the eyes of Okonkwo and Okonkwo would "correct" him by nagging or beating him developing him into sad-faced youth]]> 2021-12-16 17:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952306989 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952308600 Okonkwo wanted to be different than his father and he didnt want his kids to be like his father so he told them storys about fighting and raised them to be strong, that caused him to be strong and harsh to his family (pg.53)]]> 2021-12-16 17:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952308600 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952309067 Achebe creates a "man v self" conflict when it explains that Nwoye's mother lied to Okonkwo to cover for the youngest wife who went to get her hair braided. She knew that lying would help cover for the youngest wife, but it would also get her punished by Okonkwo because he knew that she was lying. (pg. 29) ]]> 2021-12-16 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952309067 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310176 Achebe creates "man vs supernatural" with the tradition, the Week of Peace. A peaceful week where no work would be done in respect for the earth goddess.]]> 2021-12-16 17:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310176 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310364 achebe creates a Man v. self conflict when in chapter 2(pg.13) Okonkwo's family fights the urge to complain due to Okonkwo's way of ruling over his household and beating anyone that was weak/lazy.]]> 2021-12-16 17:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310364 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310986 chapter 4 pg(28)
he likes ikemefuma but is incapable of showing affection because it was a sign of weakness in his mind ]]> 2021-12-16 17:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952310986 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952311711 2021-12-16 17:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952311711 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952312277 When the preistess, Chielo comes to collect Ezinma claiming that she needs to see her for a special ritual related with a certain god (I forgot the name of the god-). (pg.101) This was during the middle of the night, and from this you can see that the Igbo people thought a lot about what the gods thought and needed, as they even did such rituals during the middle of the night.]]> 2021-12-16 17:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952312277 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952312969 Achebe creates ¨man vs supernatural¨ in chapter 3 when the earth goddess killed Okonkwo's father. ¨He died of the swelling which was an abomination to the earth goddess.¨(pg.18) This affected Okonkwo's entire childhood and his mental health ]]> 2021-12-16 17:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952312969 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952313021 Okonkwo has a fear of being weak and being a Failure which creates a "Man vs Self" conflict. (pg. 13)]]> 2021-12-16 17:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952313021 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952313712 In chapter 4, achebe demonstrates "man vs. society" when he writes, "'This meeting is for men.' The man who had contradicted him had no titles. That is why he had called him a woman. Okonkwo knew how to kill a man's spirit" (pg 26). This shows just how important titles are in their society and if you did not posses any titles, you were looked at as worthless (or in this case, a woman). ]]> 2021-12-16 17:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952313712 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314231 Ikemefuna felt his legs melting under him. He was afraid to look back. (pg 61)]]> 2021-12-16 17:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314231 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314258 Okonkwo beats his wife and goes against in his clan out of anger and broke the rules of day of peace in chapter 4 pg 29]]> 2021-12-16 17:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314258 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314652 Achebe creates a "man v self" conflict in chapter 1 when he explains that Unoka was lazy and improvident and quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. This is one thing that leads to Okonkwo thinking bad things about his father. (pg. 4)]]> 2021-12-16 17:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952314652 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952315714 Achebe creates a Man vs. Society conflict when he wrote "Take away your kola nut. I shall not eat in the house of a man who has no respect for our gods and ancestors". (pg. 30). This was said after Okonkwo beat his wife during peace week and people started to shun him for it.]]> 2021-12-16 17:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952315714 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952317808 Achebe creates a ¨ man v.s man" conflict in chapter 4 when Okonkwo argues back with the priest because of him beating his wife during Peace Week. This proves how he doen´t like to admit to defeat at any cost.]]> 2021-12-16 17:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952317808 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952318971 Achebe creates "man vs society" when it is shown that most people think that Okonkwo's success was only out of luck and not just his hard work. (pg. 27)]]> 2021-12-16 17:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952318971 8277441 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952320152 Achebe creates a "man v. nature" conflict in chapter 1 when he mentions that Unoka and his guest were talking over dinner about the heavy rains that were drowning the yams. This is a man v nature conflict because it deals with the rain drowning the farm fields and the people couldn't do anything about it. (pg. 6)]]> 2021-12-16 17:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952320152 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952322409 Okonkwo treats ikemefuma better than his own child (nwoye) 
he told nwoye "i shall break your jaw]]> 2021-12-16 17:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952322409 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952322647 When Okagbue found the Iyi-uwa, peopel were happy and estactic for Ezinma because it meant that her troubles were finally over. This was because they believed that she was an ogbanje, which was a bad child that was repeatedly killed and born to their mother to bring her pain. (pg.84) By destroying the iyi-uwa, she could no longer "do that" and now, she was no longer a "threat".]]> 2021-12-16 17:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952322647 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952323771 Achebe creates ¨man vs nature¨ in Chapter 3 when he states ¨Rain fell as it had never fallen before. For days and nights together it poured down in violent torrents, and washed away the yam heaps.¨ Okonkwo remembers the tragic year with a cold shiver(pg.24)]]> 2021-12-16 17:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952323771 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952323939 Achebe creates a man v. supernatural coflict by talking how Okonkwo needs to sacrifice things to make sure the earth goddess doesn't ruin the clan(pg.30-31)]]> 2021-12-16 17:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952323939 https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952324410 the village wants okonkwo to kill ikemefuma pg 57]]> 2021-12-16 17:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhsmith5/tt5rdd6io8vaai2x/wish/1952324410