Monday, January 28, 2008
Things Fall Apart: Chapter 7
Well, blogger is being very stupid tonight, so I'm going to try this for the third and final time. I am very pleased to see a change in the novel, though. This chapter is by far my favorite so far in the novel. Okonkwo begins to show emotions! I found this amazing, but it made the novel somewhat funner to read. He enjoys spending time with his boys now that they are more grown up, and he tells them stories all the time now. To me, this is a great step forward for him in his manhood. Now, his sons don't just see him as a great, powerful man, but they can relate to him as well. He even lets them work with him now, which he did before, but he seems to enjoy having them around a lot more. However, as always, when something good happens, something bad must follow. The tribe finally decides they want to kill Ikemefuna. This is very disappointing to Okonkwo, who views Ikemefuna almost as a son now. Yet again, another display of emotion. However, he does as the tribe wishes, with much heartache. I can't wait to see how both Okonkwo and Nwoye respond to the situation they were presented with.
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If the blog gives you trouble, just make your reflection on a MS word doc. and them copy and paste it over when blogger is being cooperative? Just a suggestion.
"funner to read" Mrs. Fox would be angry with this line. Then again, this a reading assignment, so "funner" really isn't a concern. Education is what we are after. Achebe will take you into the mind of what its like to be living inside an African tribe. More so than any lecture or movie I could show you. That's why we are reading it.
Okonkwo does seem to evolve in this part of the book. Albeit this is a short period and it doesn't seem to change him permanently. You'll see why later I guess.
You mention: "However, as always, when something good happens, something bad must follow." This always seems to be a pattern that happens through out the book. Obviously the death of Ikemefuna shocks the reader, and you try to reason what would make Okonkwo go along with this horrible event???
Achebe really uses this series of events to show how what a monster Okonkwo can be. Is he a hero in this novel? Is he a bad guy? Is he both?
I am also very pleased to see Okonkwo's emotional development, and I am also looking forward to seeing how they react to Ikemefuna's death. That makes me mad that they had to kill him.
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