https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa Various interpretations of masculinity and power within a culture or family distances ones self from reality, truth, and unity. en-us 2019-04-29 19:02:22 UTC 2019-05-20 14:01:07 UTC hello@padlet.com justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360914259 "'The white man whose power you know too well has ordered this meeting to stop.' In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo's machete descended twice and the man's head lay beside his uniformed body."]]> 2019-05-16 17:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360914259 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360915621 "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievments. As a young man of eighteen he had brought his village honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. Amalinze was the great wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umuofia to Mbaino."]]> 2019-05-16 17:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360915621 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360916366 Not only is being a man an honor, but being called a woman as a man is disrespect, as men shouldn't act as foolish and cowardly as women.]]> 2019-05-16 17:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360916366 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360917624 "'The greatest obstacle in Umuofia,' Okonkwo thought bitterly, 'is that coward, Egonwanne. His sweet tongue can change fire into cold ash. When he speaks he moves our men to impotence. If they had ignored his womanish wisdom five days ago, we would not have come to this.'"]]> 2019-05-16 17:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360917624 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360919075 "'Sit like a woman!' Okonkwo shouted."When Okonkwo yells at Ezinma to sit like a woman, it shows that not only can men not act like women, women cannot cross the boundary of masculinity, even with how they sit.]]> 2019-05-16 17:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360919075 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360920104 Men do all the outside work, while the women do the cooking and cleaning. The women are expected listen to colorful hopeful stories, while men are expected to listen to stories about war and blood.]]> 2019-05-16 18:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360920104 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360921088 When Ekwefi chased after Ezinma, Okonkwo was surprised because it was a brave and manly move, chasing after the priestess of Agbala, and interfering with the gods' traditions.]]> 2019-05-16 18:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360921088 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360922219 When Machi says, "You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making children," It shows that male dominance runs even through sex. The man is supposed to be the powerful one, while the female does as he asks.]]> 2019-05-16 18:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360922219 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360922837 Okonkwo was glad that Nwoye was becoming more masculine because of Ikemefuna. He was happy when he was grumbling about women, and that he wasnt listening to childish stories.]]> 2019-05-16 18:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360922837 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360923428 "Worthy men are no more." Okonkwo says that all the men in the tribe have fallen into the trap of cowardly traditions, and are to weak to fight.]]> 2019-05-16 18:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360923428 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360924999 Okonkwo was considered brave and manly, but he got scared at the thought of no one fighting with him. He was too stubborn to accept other traditions, only to cut them all out.]]> 2019-05-16 18:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360924999 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360925468 Okonkwo hung himself because he realized no one was going to fight with him, and he didnt want to live with everyone in his tribe having fallen into "cowardly" traditions. ]]> 2019-05-16 18:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360925468 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360932098 Men aren't supposed to cry, as its considered weak and womanly. Men are strong and brave, while women are weak and cowardly. It's shamful if a man cries, or acts weak, and women shouldnt do the hard work that men are supposed to do.]]> 2019-05-16 18:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360932098 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360933190 Men give women disciplinary beatings when they mess up. They're views are considered childish and inferior to men's.]]> 2019-05-16 18:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360933190 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360933599 Women don't take titles, and their only purpose in a society is to bring and mother children, and work inside the house.]]> 2019-05-16 18:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360933599 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360935054 Okonkwo thought that Ezinma would make a great man, but because she wasn't, Okonkwo wouldn't let here do anything manly at all, dispite his own thoughts. He imagined being a man like a job that women can't perform.]]> 2019-05-16 18:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/360935054 justin_beard2003 https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/361334664 Okonkwo hated the ideas that the white men were spreading, and resisted any other idea except his own. His interpretation of masculinity was bravery, strength, and violence, and when the white men said that wasnt all that was to it, Okonkwo believed that they were turning all his people into cowards.]]> 2019-05-17 22:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_beard2003/wpupnb2f4laa/wish/361334664