https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy Made with panache en-us 2017-09-01 11:26:47 UTC 2017-09-05 23:03:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 20lduplessis https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184172912 "you can tell a ripe corn by its look" (Chapter 3)]]> 2017-09-01 11:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184172912 20lduplessis https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184173436 The proverb literally means a corn that is ready to harvest will look different than a corn that still has time before its ready. The metaphorical meaning would be that someone who's ready to be given responsibility will act and look than someone who's not ready.]]> 2017-09-01 11:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184173436 20lduplessis https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184175369 Before Nwakibie says this proverb in the text, there's long scene where Okonkwo goes through a ritual the people in his village do when a guest visits them. The text looks at every step of the way, and Okonkwo doesn't falter the methodical pace. This ritual ends once everyone finishes talking, and at that point Okonkwo asks for yam seeds to start his farm. At the end of the conversation, the proverb is used, and it means in text that Nwakibie sees that Okonkwo is ready for the responsibility of using another man's yams. Nwakibie also complains about how now youths are mostly soft and don't want to put in hard work, but Okonkwo is not soft. ]]> 2017-09-01 11:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184175369 20lduplessis https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184687911 "I have learned to be stingy with my yams. But I can trust you. I know it as I look at you"(22).]]> 2017-09-05 10:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184687911 20lduplessis https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184688359 In our world today, older generations often complain about the younger generations. They say "kids these days" and complain about how youth's changing world is somehow worse than the world from before. This connects because often older people in power will see young people and decide that the proverbial corn is not ripe enough yet.]]> 2017-09-05 10:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/20lduplessis/wgavodayousy/wish/184688359