Things Fall ApartPearson Education, 1986 - 150 頁 The story of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart takes place in the Nigerian village of Umuofia in the late 1880s, before missionaries and other outsiders have arrived. The Ibo clan practices common tribal traditions - worship of gods, sacrifice, communal living, war, and magic. Leadership is based on a man's personal worth and his contribution to the good of the tribe. Okonkwo stands out as a great leader of the Ibo tribe. Tribesmen respect Okonkwo for his many achievements. Even though the tribe reveres Okonkwo, he must be punished for his accidental shooting of a young tribesman. The Ibo ban Okonkwo from the clan for seven years. Upon his return to the village, Okonkwo finds a tribe divided by the influence of missionaries and English bureaucrats who have interrupted the routine of tradition. Only when Okonkwo commits the ultimate sin against the tribe does the tribe come back together to honour custom. |
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第 40 頁
... Ezeudu was the oldest man in this quarter of Umuofia . He had been a great and fearless warrior in his time , and was now accorded great respect in all the clan . He refused to join in the meal , and asked Okonkwo to have a word with ...
... Ezeudu was the oldest man in this quarter of Umuofia . He had been a great and fearless warrior in his time , and was now accorded great respect in all the clan . He refused to join in the meal , and asked Okonkwo to have a word with ...
第 84 頁
... Ezeudu is dead ' . A cold shiver ran down Okonkwo's back as he remembered the last time the old man had visited him . " That boy calls you father , ' he had said . ' Bear no hand in his death . ' Ezeudu was a great man , and so all the ...
... Ezeudu is dead ' . A cold shiver ran down Okonkwo's back as he remembered the last time the old man had visited him . " That boy calls you father , ' he had said . ' Bear no hand in his death . ' Ezeudu was a great man , and so all the ...
第 86 頁
... Ezeudu had taken three titles in his life . It was a rare achieve- ment . There were only four titles in the clan , and only one or two men in any generation ever achieved the fourth and highest . When they did , they became the lords ...
... Ezeudu had taken three titles in his life . It was a rare achieve- ment . There were only four titles in the clan , and only one or two men in any generation ever achieved the fourth and highest . When they did , they became the lords ...
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