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THINGS FALL APART ANALYSIS - Coggle Diagram
THINGS FALL APART ANALYSIS
THE USE OF POVEBS
palm tree tapper example
page 18
THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME
done by the harrvest
measured by men
'from cock-row until the chickens went to roost'
very dated way of telling time
long hours
THE PRESENTATION OF MASCULINITY
something that okonkwo prides himself on being a model version of
SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN IBO CULTURE
inacted
woven into lives
dualism
an important belief founded on the idea that things in nature and society are in balance with one another; that opposites can happily co-exist: in fact these opposites are necessary for harmony in the world
war and magic are in balance
belief that the mortal world can influence the spirit world
linguistic
a snake is a string
the snake will hear
at night
week of peace
pay respects to the goddess of the earth
Ezeani
priest of the earth goddess
has a staff which he uses to emphasise his points
the sacred tree
seen as a fertility tree
'young women who desired children came to sit under its shade'
spirtual
it is believed that the souls of good children who have not been born yet live inside
the twins
rarely seen
seen as bad luck
'twins wee put in an earthware pot and thrown away'
evil forest link
reincarnation
Ekwefi's children
it is believed that Ekwefi's children keep dying because they are
wicked children
wicked children
torment the mother
die and re enter the womb
cycle continues
can only be broken if its iyi uwa is destroyed
belief that the mortal world can influence the spirit world
iyi uwa
a stone which connects the ogbanje with the spirit world
egwugwu
someone in a mask/ costume who is impersonating a spirit of an ancestor and delivering justice
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GENDERS
inequality
women seen as an 'object men acquire'
men come before women
marriage
a man has more wives depending on his wealth
no romance involved in marriage
a man can have more than one wife but a woman cannot have more than one husband
women
women can be poweful in general even though it may not be i day to day life
seen as equal to men who ended up with no tital
every wife cooks for OKONKWO
farming
'women's crops'
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men and women
women's stories
mens stories
the difference between them
about violence and tribal wars and hunts
nursery rhymes and old folk tale stories
jobs
as boys get older they take on the 'man' jobs of the house
splitting wood or pounding food
Okonkwo pleased that Nyowe grumbles at being asked to do these jobs
sees it as a sign for a good future
'showed that in time he would be able to control his women-folk'
food
meals
the women feed their husband
the wife cooks it and then the daughter takes it into to the Obi
Nyowe and Ikemefuna are older so they now get to sit with him
Okonkwo's olderr daughters do not get to sit with him
MODES OF GOVERNMENT
great respect payed to the elders
'he eats with the kings and elders'
the offended village will deliver an ultimatum
the other villages then choose
organised even though it comes across as chaotic
never went straight to war unless it is clear and just
the oracle
all villages have an equal part in the decision
differ between the clans
week of peace
in some clans if people die during it they put them in the evil forest