Things Fall Apart, Ch. 8

We know Okonkwo is depressed after killing Ikemefuna because he:

• feels weak & doesn't eat for 2 days

• cries and spends time with Nwoye

• gets angry and beats Ezinma

• feels weak and thinks about his father

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After Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna, Nwoye:

• spends more time with his mom

• spends more time with Okonkwo

• runs away when Okonkwo falls asleep

• gets angry and tries to kill his sister

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Okonkwo feels that this child is most like him:

• Ezinma, his daughter

• Ikemefuna, his adopted son

• Nwoye, his son

• Ekwefi, his adopted daughter

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We know Okonkwo is proud of Ezinma because he says:

• she has the right spirit

• her mother is strong

• all of his children except Nwoye are strong

• she can kill a man with her bare hands

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Both Okonkwo and Obierika believe that Nwoye is most like:

• Okonkwo

• Unoka

• Ekwefi

• Ezinma

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It's important that Okonkwo thinks Nwoye is most like Unoka because it:

• deepens the conflict between father & son.

• emphasizes the closeness in Okonkwo's family

• suggests the divide in the Igbo community

• explains why Okonkwo hates his father

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Obierika tells Okonkwo that because Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna:

• the Earth goddess may be angry & wipe out his whole family

• the elders might be upset and put Okonkwo in jail

• Ikemefuna's parents might vow revenge on him

• neighboring villages might take it as an act of war

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Readers start to see Okonkwo's disagreement with the Igbo community & its customs when he:

• disagrees with the Oracle punishing him for killing Ikemefuna

• questions the order of a burial in another family

• defies the orders of the elders in his village

• refuses to bury Ikemefuna in the Evil Forest

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At the end of Chapter 8, a conversation between 3 characters reveals that the Igbo think of white people as:

• myths

• evil

• aliens

• friends

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Which of the following things might Chapter 8 foreshadow:

• Okonkwo & Nwoye's conflict

• Okonkwo's conflict with Igbo customs

• A disregard of outside threats.

• All of these.

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