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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... Feast of the New Yam was held every year before the harvest began , to honour the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the clan . New yams could not be eaten until some had first been offered to these powers . Men and women ...
... Feast of the New Yam was held every year before the harvest began , to honour the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the clan . New yams could not be eaten until some had first been offered to these powers . Men and women ...
第 117 頁
... feast he told her that it was not her affair . ' I am calling a feast because I have the wherewithal . I cannot live on the bank of a river and wash my hands with spittle . My mother's people have been good to me and I must show my ...
... feast he told her that it was not her affair . ' I am calling a feast because I have the wherewithal . I cannot live on the bank of a river and wash my hands with spittle . My mother's people have been good to me and I must show my ...
第 118 頁
... feast I will be suggest- ing that we did not know how open - handed our son , Okonkwo is . We all know him , and we expected a big feast . But it turned out to be even bigger than we expected . Thank you . May all you took out return ...
... feast I will be suggest- ing that we did not know how open - handed our son , Okonkwo is . We all know him , and we expected a big feast . But it turned out to be even bigger than we expected . Thank you . May all you took out return ...
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Abame Agbala alliga ancestors Aneto asked Okonkwo beat began broke brothers brought buried called cam wood cassava Chielo child Chukwu church clan cooking court messengers cowries crowd danced darkness daugh daughter District Commissioner drums earth egwugwu Ekwefi elders Evil Forest Ezeudu Ezinma farm father fear feast fire foo-foo goatskin gods hand happened harmattan harvest head heard Ikemefuna in-laws iyi-uwa Kiaga killed king of crops kinsmen knew kola nut looked matchet Mbaino Mbanta missionaries morning neighbours night nine villages Nwakibie Nwoye Nwoye's mother Obiageli Obierika Odukwe ogbanje Ogbuefi Okagbue Okonkwo's compound Oracle palm palm-oil priestess rain replied rose round season silence silk-cotton tree soon soup spirit stood story talking tell things thought told took Tortoise tree turned Uchendu Umuofia kwenu Unoka Uzowulu voice walked wife wine wives woman women wrestling yams young