Thursday, February 7, 2008
Chapter 9
Finally a break from that drama queen Okonkwo. Well to an extent. This chapter is all about Enzima, Ekwefi's daughter. She is really sick and Okonkwo must go to find a medicine man to help save Enzima. Ekwefi is really really worried because she has had 9 other babies die when they were still very very young. What I am noticing though is how the title of the book , Things Fall Apart, is relating to Okonkwo's world. It really seems to be crumbling around him. Everywhere he turns someone is dying. Some things are his fault and others are not, but there is no hiding it that this is going to take a major toll on Okonkwo's spirits no matter how mean or unsensitive he is. I wonder how things are going to go throughout the book for Okonkwo and his whole family.
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Enzima is a neat kid. At first I thought, "Oh boy, Achebe is going to take out another nice person in this book." But later at the end of the chapter she lives. Albeit the Oracle summoning her in the middle of the night made me think the same thing all over again.
Can you imagine if your Mom had only 1 out of 10 kids live??? Imagine the grief!!!
YOUR WROTE:
"What I am noticing though is how the title of the book , Things Fall Apart, is relating to Okonkwo's world. It really seems to be crumbling around him. Everywhere he turns someone is dying."
I thought this too. We watch how a man's life collapses around him, and he is powerless (his greatest fear) to stop it from happening. Then later in the book, I realized it wasn't just Okonkwo who's life was "falling apart" as it was the entire tribe, as the coming of the Whites & Missionaries break down their tribal pride & customs.
I think Achebe is using it as a double play on words?
Mr. Farrell
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