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Dante's Inferno
I am still wondering why people would come into the villages and try to change the religion and beliefs of the people. I think that the people have no right to come in and change the people's lives. I do not understand why they would want to come in and possibly put their lives at risk just so they can change the religion of villages in Africa.
ReplyDeleteThe questions that I still have are the following. The First would be, why would people go to other peoples territory and want to change there ideas? The second question is, why does Okwonkwo get so angry that Ikemefuma goes to the church in which the people established?
ReplyDeleteA question that I still have reguarding the story is why does Okonkwo often use violence towards his wives? Also, could his past childhood and his relationship with his father, Umoufia, cause him to be violent and lash out at his wives when he is angry? These are the questions that I still have as I read about Okonkwo becoming angry at one of his wives and beating them for it.
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing the story, there were still a couple questions that had not been answered. When I had read that Okonkwo had killed himself, I thought to myself, why would he do that i he was supposed to be a great warrior in his tribe? That seemed like more of a cowardly thing to do, by taking his own life. While Okonkwo was gone, many things seemed to have changed in his tribe, including their acceptance of him. I wondered why they would accept him back after they exiled him to another village, even though it is part of their culture. Why would they condemn him, and accept him seven years later?
ReplyDeleteMost of what happened in the novel made sense in a twisted sort of way. My only real question is why, in the end, the commissioner had Okonkwo's body and the people near it to the court. I couldn't tell if he was going to punish them for speaking to him rudely or what was going on.
ReplyDeleteMy question is more general to missionaries, or groups of people who think they're way is "the better way" than it is towards "Things Fall Apart." I would like to know how those people could be so narcissistic that they truly believe they are "supreme" to everyone else and that other people, especiall people of a different life-style, or culture should be just like them, and want to be just like them.
ReplyDeleteSydni Arnett
The questions I still have about Things Fall Apart, is why Okonkwo would kill himself? Okonkwo could have gone on to achieve the titles that were taken away from him and regain his leadership status but because of him killing himself his body is now evil. Just because people weren't there to welcome him with open arms after his return does not mean he should kill himself. Now that his body is evil the village can not touch him or bury him and he is forever in sin. By killing himself he has ended up like his poor, title less father. This makes no sense because Okonkwo lived his life so he could be different from his father. So why in the end would he want to end up being like him?
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing the novel the main question that remains in my mind is the reasoning behind the missionaries invading the villages of Umuofia and other surrounding viallges. What made them think that they had the right to settle on their land and try to get them to convert to their religion and follow their rules. Not only that but why would they want to do such a thing, some of the invaders were killed as a result of their arrival, and therefore the majority of them were putting their lives at risk by trying to gain followers. Overall the whole concept just seems completely ridiculous, what's makes their religion superior to the ones throughout the villages of Africa? Religions that have been passed down from generation to generation, all the while worshipping their beloved ancestors. I think they should just leave them along.
ReplyDeleteOne major question i have about this sotry seems to be a simple one. Throughout history it is a common problem that should be extremly easy but is not. When white men began to come into the village especially when they obliterated Abame why did the villagers not unite? Instead of uniting against the white men to preserve their own culture. THey did not assume that the white men were going to compltely destroy them, but when a illage is wiped out instead of dividing amongst one another they should have united.
ReplyDeleteA question I still have about the story is whether or no Okonkwo hung himself because he was distraught over the way his life was turning out? or was it strictly because the village did not care anymore about the christians tsakign over? Are the white men taking over Umuofia the core issue of his problems?
ReplyDeleteSome questions I still have regarding the novel are, why is there so much violence between husbands and wives? Also, How does a man and a women experience love when the man is married to several women? Lastly, another question that has been running through my mind after finishing Things Fall Apart, is how does a person completely change their religion when they join a new village?
ReplyDeleteA question i still have about the novel is in regaurds to Okonkwo i am curious as to why he would go against everything he lived for and kill himself. he lived against weakness and failure but than showed his own weakness by taking his own life. i also am still not completly sure why after his 7 years of exlie he was accepted again. Regaurdless of the time he spent punished, he still commited the acts he did. does the 7 years make that alright? has what he done now been forgotten?
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