What is Chapter 19 of Things Fall Apart about?
Summary: Chapter 19 Okonkwo’s seven years of exile in Mbanta are drawing to an end. Before he returns to Umuofia, he provides a large feast for his mother’s kinsmen. He is grateful to them but secretly regrets the missed opportunity to have further increased his status and influence among his own clan.
What is Chapter 14 of Things Fall Apart about?
In this chapter, Achebe presents a paradox about the manly and womanly aspects of Okonkwo’s circumstances. Okonkwo begins his exile deeply discouraged and unmotivated. While striving for even greater manliness, he committed a female murder — that is, he accidentally killed a boy during the funeral ceremony.
What does the old man at the end of Chapter 19 fear for the younger generation?
What does the old man at the end of Chapter 19 fear for the younger generation? The English coming to the area and changing their culture.
How does Okonkwo feel about his new life in Chapter 14?
Summary: Chapter 14 Okonkwo works hard on his new farm but with less enthusiasm than he had the first time around. He has toiled all his life because he wanted “to become one of the lords of the clan,” but now that possibility is gone.
What happens at the end of Chapter 19 Things Fall Apart?
Achebe ends the chapter and Part Two with a foreshadowing of what is to follow: An elder member of the clan tells the young people, “I fear for you; I fear for the clan.” wherewithal that with which something can be done; necessary means.
Who is OSU?
The Osu Caste System is an ancient practice in Igboland that discourages social interaction and marriage with a group of people, referred to as Osu (outcasts). This is because they dedicate these Osu people to the Alusis (deities) and are thus seen as inferior to the Nwadiala (free-borns).
What is Okonkwo’s punishment?
Killing a clansman is a crime against the earth goddess, so Okonkwo must atone by taking his family into exile for seven years.
What promise did the white man make about the Iron horse?
What was the promise of the missionary message? He and his people would be coming to live with them and would be bringing many iron horses for the villagers to ride. What did the white man tell the villagers?
Who did Okonkwo shoot with his rusty gun?
With nothing to do, Okonkwo becomes angry, and he finally comes up with an excuse to beat his second wife, Ekwefi. He then decides to go hunting with his gun.
Why is Okonkwo troubled in Chapter 14?
Okonkwo is older and has less energy; he feels troubled at having to start over. Furthermore, he was pursuing one of the highest titles of the clan, and that is now in danger since he has been exiled from his home. Okonkwo becomes depressed and blames his chi, or personal spiritual being, for holding him back.
Why does Okonkwo host a feast in Chapter 19?
As the time approaches for his family’s return to Umuofia, Okonkwo instructs his wives and children to prepare a huge feast for his mother’s kinsmen in Mbanta in a gesture to show his gratitude for kindness over the years of exile.