The Fishermen

Literary Devices

100

An exaggeration

Hyperbole

200

Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Simile

300

Figurative language using the five senses

Imagery

400

"Ikenna was a python" is an example of this

Metaphor

500

Referencing a famous political figure like MKO Abiola is an example of this

Allusion

Characters in the Fishermen

100

The narrator of the book

Ben(jamin)

200

Makes a prophecy about one of the brothers

Abulu

300

Is compared to a fungus in Chapter 10

Boja

400

Told the boys mother that they were fishing in the river

Iya Iyabo

500

Currently lives in Canada and plans to bring the boys there

Mr. Bayo

The Fishermen Plot

100

Is the ultimate source of Boja and Ikenna's fight

The prophecy

200

The place where Boja's body is found

The well

300

The phrase Obembe repeats when he sees Ikenna dead

"River of red"

400

The way Boja's body is handled after his death

Cremated

500

The realized (it came true) prophecy made by Abulu that Iya Iyabo told mother which pushed Ikenna further into paranoia

A woman would kill her husband

Background Presentation Facts

100

Former president of Nigeria (1993) who was later imprisoned

MKO Abiola

200

The official language of Nigeria

English

300

The name of an ethnic group in Nigeria

Igbo/Yoruba/Housa

400

Chigozie Obioma was one of how many siblings?

12

500

Name of the literary prize The Fishermen was nominated for

The Booker Prize