Chapter 11

All I have to say about this chapter is wow. The book seems to be jumping around a lot at this point. It doesn't seem to want to expand on any themes that it presents and each chapter is about something different happening in the tribe. The whole jist of this chapter is that Enzima is being called by the Oracle to go see her. Ekwefi protests Enzima's calling to the Oracle. I don't blame her after the stupid thing ordered Ikemefuna's death. Chielo is the preistess for the Oracle and she has got to be ripped because she carries Enzima for miles on her back. Ekwefi disobeys Chielo's commands that no one is allowed to follow. She decides that if she hears Enzima cry she'll run in and bust some skulls. Then Okonkwo comes with a machete and they sit at the entrance together. Then the wow part comes. She remembers running from her husband's house to Okonkwo. He opens the door and they just go to the bed and start getting naked. Could you imagine that? Somebody just knocks at the door and you just go right to bed with them. It really seems a little farfetched in our society, but it seems like women are only used for work and reproduction so maybe it isn't so hard to believe for them. That just goes to show the differences between cultures throughout the world.