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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... ancestors . He wanted him to be a prosperous man , having enough in his barn to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices . And so he was always happy when he heard him grumbling about women . That showed that in time he would be able ...
... ancestors . He wanted him to be a prosperous man , having enough in his barn to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices . And so he was always happy when he heard him grumbling about women . That showed that in time he would be able ...
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... ancestors . There was coming and going between them , es- pecially at festivals and also when an old man died , because an old man was very close to the ancestors . A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which ...
... ancestors . There was coming and going between them , es- pecially at festivals and also when an old man died , because an old man was very close to the ancestors . A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which ...
第 117 頁
... ancestors . He asked them for health and children . ' We do not ask for wealth because he that has health and children will also have wealth . We do not pray to have more money but to have more kinsmen . We are better than animals ...
... ancestors . He asked them for health and children . ' We do not ask for wealth because he that has health and children will also have wealth . We do not pray to have more money but to have more kinsmen . We are better than animals ...
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