Igbo Culture
a community wide festival celebrated over the course of two days with one day devoted to feasting and a second day to wrestling
What is the Yam festival?
Okonkwo's son whom he worries is too much like his father.
Who is Nwoye?
Besides religion, what else does the white man bring with him?
What is government?
In TFA, it is Okonkwo's fear of weakness. (Use the Greek word)
What is Hamartia (fatal flaw)?
What 2 events cause Nwoye to feel a "snapping" inside?
Ikemefuna's death and hearing the twins crying in the evil forest.
The main god of creation in the Igbo culture.
Who is Chukwu?
Who is Ikemefuna?
What type of people convert to the new religion?
What is outcasts, osu, or efuelefu?
It is the moment at the end of TFA when a reader (hopefully) feels empathy for Okonkwo.
What is catharsis?
What must happen in order for the 6 men to be released from prison?
The village must pay a fine of 250 cowries.
The second ceremony before a marriage is complete--viewed as a woman's ceremony.
What is an uri?
Okonkwo's daughter whom he wishes was a boy.
Who is Ezinma?
When Mr. Brown realizes a frontal attack will not work on the Igbo, what two things does he create in Umuofia?
What are schools and a hospital?
We see this when Okonkwo tells an untitled man that the meeting they are having is for men.
What is hubris?
What event makes the egwugwu decide to burn down the church?
Enoch unmasks an egwugwu.
An item that an ogbanje has hidden that ties the to the spirit world and allows them to keep dying and returning.
What is an iyi-uwa?
Okonkwo's best friend
Who is Obierika?
What clan does the white man first appear?
What is Abame clan?
The moment Okonkwo is exiled for 7 years.
What is peripeteia?
What are 2 examples of ways we see a softer side of Okonkwo?
His concern for Ezinma when she is sick, his concern for Ezinma when Chielo takes her, when he stays with Ekwefi outside the oracle, when he thanks his mother's people, when he thanks Obierika for helping him during his exile, after Ikemefuna's death
A ceremony of confession that is also the last step before a man and woman are considered married.
What is the Isa-ifi ceremony?
Nwoye's sister
Who is Obiageli?
Obierika says the white man put "a knife on the things that held us together" and the result is the clan falling apart. What were the things that held them together? (more than one answer)
What is religion, community, culture, traditions, customs?
This happens when Okonkwo stares into the fire and realizes, "living fire begets cold, impotent ash."
What is anagnorisis?
Why does Okonkwo kill himself?
The clan has become weak and that is his greatest fear; therefore, he loses the will to live.