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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... drums beat the unmistakable wrestling dance - quick , light and gay , and it came floating on the wind . Okonkwo cleared his throat and moved his feet to the beat of the drums . It filled him with fire as it had always done from his ...
... drums beat the unmistakable wrestling dance - quick , light and gay , and it came floating on the wind . Okonkwo cleared his throat and moved his feet to the beat of the drums . It filled him with fire as it had always done from his ...
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... drums and they were arranged according to their sizes in a long wooden basket . Three men beat them with sticks , working feverishly from one drum to another . They were possessed by the spirit of the drums . The young men who kept ...
... drums and they were arranged according to their sizes in a long wooden basket . Three men beat them with sticks , working feverishly from one drum to another . They were possessed by the spirit of the drums . The young men who kept ...
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... Drums beat violently and men leaped up and down in frenzy . Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors ' salutes . The air was full of dust and the smell of gunpowder . It was then that the ...
... Drums beat violently and men leaped up and down in frenzy . Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors ' salutes . The air was full of dust and the smell of gunpowder . It was then that the ...
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