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 57 頁
... ogbanje would yield her secrets easily , and most of them never did because they died too young before they could be asked questions . - ' Where did you bury your iyi - uwa ? ' she asked in return . ' You know what it is . You buried it ...
... ogbanje would yield her secrets easily , and most of them never did because they died too young before they could be asked questions . - ' Where did you bury your iyi - uwa ? ' she asked in return . ' You know what it is . You buried it ...
第 149 頁
... ogbanje and the spirit world . Only if the iyi - uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die . a string of waist beads . court messenger : the word is not of Ibo origin , but is a corruption of ' court messenger ' . a ...
... ogbanje and the spirit world . Only if the iyi - uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die . a string of waist beads . court messenger : the word is not of Ibo origin , but is a corruption of ' court messenger ' . a ...
第 150 頁
... ogbanje child without it dying , unless its iyi - uwa is first found and destroyed . a musical instrument ; a kind of gong . cow . ( i.e .: the one that uses its tail to drive flies away ) . outcast ; having been dedicated to a god ...
... ogbanje child without it dying , unless its iyi - uwa is first found and destroyed . a musical instrument ; a kind of gong . cow . ( i.e .: the one that uses its tail to drive flies away ) . outcast ; having been dedicated to a god ...
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