Unknown Story
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- Chapter 4
- “But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan.”
- Chapter 14
- “A man could not rise beyond the destiny of his chi. The saying of the elders was not true--that if a man said yea his chi also affirmed. Here was a man whose chi said nay despite his own affirmation.”
- Chapter 16
- The true God lived on high and that all men when they died went before Him for judgment. Evil men and all the heathen who in their blindness bowed to wood and stone were thrown into a fire burned like palm-oil. But good men who worshipped the true God lived forever in His happy kingdom.
- When Okonkwo beat his wife during the Week of Peace, he is told by the priest to reflect but his pride cuts him short. His repentance is something that must be seen from the outside more than the inside for neighbors to see. However, because they don’t see his guilt in his previous actions, they do not believe he is loyal to the gods.
- Chapter 19
- But I fear for you young people because you do not understand how strong is the bond of kinship… And what is the result? An abominable religion has settled among you. A man can now leave his father and his brothers. He can curse gods of his fathers and his ancestors, like a hunter’s dog that suddenly goes mad and turns on his master. I fear for you; I fear for the clan.”
- Men and their chi do not work hand in hand. Chi is thought of as their conscience. Their chi is far stronger than they think, as it can ignore the man’s proclamations. For them to deny that feeling would be betraying God's trust.
- Chapter 16
- There are no other gods, Chukwu is the only God and all others are false. You carve a piece of wood--like that one, and call it a god. But it's still a piece of wood.
- Once the missionaries enter Umuofia, there are many differences between their culture’s religions. The Igbo Earth goddess is unlike God because she reigns within the Igbo people whereas God is seen from above. Moreover, the missionaries follow single authority which opposes the Igbo’s belief in more than one god.
- Chapter 22
- One of Okonkwo’s kinsmen gives this speech during his feast before going to Mbanta. Umuofia is not accustomed to christianity’s old practices especially because Okonkwo is a very traditional man. Christianity is thought of as a negative idea in the Igbo community because it’s caused the society to divide.
- Mr. Brown, a missionary, is convinced there is only one God. Akunna opposes them because their god is all throughout their land. Although they may praise a piece of wood it’s because their god created it. More day-to-day objects hold more value to the Ibo because they believe it came from their god.
- Yes, it is indeed a piece of wood. The tree from which it came was made by Chukwu, as indeed all minor gods were.
- When Enoch removes the egwugwu’s mask, he is frowned upon because it kills the ancestral spirit. The Ibo religion takes great consideration once this action has taken place. As a result, they end up bombarding Enoch’s compound, setting it to flames.
- One of the greatest crimes a man would commit was to unmask an egwugwu in public, or to say or do anything which might reduce its immortal prestige in the eyes of the uninitiated. And this was what Enoch did
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