Things fall apart why was okonkwo famous

The oracle of the hills and she shows that spirits are in the hills. What sport did the villagers enjoy watching during their feasting? What influence did Ikemefuna have on Nwoye? He had a good influence and made him ambitious and made him a man.

What did the village decide to do with Ikemefuna? To kill him after three years. Who struck the last bow to Ikemefuna? He thought of his strength and success. He said he was becoming a woman. He said it was the kind of action that would not please the earth. She had borne ten children, but nine died in infancy.

He brewed a potion made of leaves and herbs. What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10? He would only accept the symbolic meeting of the clan spirits.

He was called the cat because a cat's back would never touch the earth. Then Oknonkwo beat him in a match. How is Okonkwo responsible for his downfall? Okonkwo's fear of being viewed as weak and effeminate influenced him to become a callous, violent man.

Okonkwo's aggressive, hostile personality leads to several bad decisions, which results in his downfall. Why did Okonkwo kill ikemefuna? In achieving success, fame, and power, Okonkwo habitually resorts to and comes to rely on thoughtless violence. Without regard for consequences, Okonkwo acts - beats his son, repudiates his father, kills Ikemefuna, butchers the messenger.

He becomes the epitome of violent action and as such ultimately destroys himself. Why does Okonkwo shoot at Ekwefi? The priest demands that Okonkwo will pay a fine for breaking the peace during the sacred time known as the Week of Peace. During the New Yam Festival, Okonkwo becomes angry when he has nothing to do.

He beats Ekwefi. He accuses her of killing a banana tree. How did ikemefuna die? As the boy's back is turned, one of the men strikes the first blow with his machete. Ikemefuna cries out to Okonkwo, "My father, they have killed me! Afraid to appear weak, Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna with his machete.

When Nwoye learns that Ikemefuna is dead, something changes within him. How many wives does Okonkwo have? How did Okonkwo gain his fame? As a young man of eighteen he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. In the end Okonkwo threw the Cat. He wore a haggard and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing on his flute. He was very good on his flute, and his happiest moments were the two or three moons after the harvest when the village musicians brought down their instruments, hung above the fireplace.

Unoka would play with them, his face beaming with blessedness and peace. Sometimes another village would ask Unoka's band and their dancing egwugwu to come and stay with them and teach them their tunes.

They would go to such hosts for as long as three or four markets, making music and feasting. Unoka loved the good fare and the good fellowship, and he loved this season of the year, when the rains had stopped and the sun rose every morning with dazzling beauty. And it was not too hot either, because the cold and dry harmattan wind was blowing down from the north Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Buy Things Fall Apart at the Guardian bookshop. Chapter one Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond.

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