martes, 26 de febrero de 2013

Things Fall Apart Chapter 7 - 13


Ikemefuna was already a part of the family. He was like the son Okonkwo never had and a great older brother for Nwoye that served as an example. One day the elders came to see Okonkwo. They talked with him and said that the oracle had ordered to kill Ikemefuna. He was taken to the forest and in an instant assassinated with a machete; Okonkwo had to finish him off in order to avoid being thought weak. Nwoye was very sad, so as the rest of the family.

Okonkwo entered on a depression during three days. After that he went to visit his best friend, Obierika. This was due to the wedding of his friend’s daughter. During the visit they also talked about Ikemefuna’s death and Obierika said that he would never have killed his own son, no matter what the oracle wanted.         

During the next days Ezinma got very sick, this worried a lot Ekwefi as well as Okonkwo. In the past every time Ekwefi got pregnant their children died even before giving birth. This happened many times until Ezinma arrived. It was like a miracle for her mother because she had survived. This was why they both had a special relationship. They went and visited the oracle that told them the treatment Ezinma needed, they did what they were told and in fact Ezinma got better.

Afterwards the wedding took place. The Egwugwu spirits appeared and participated during the whole process, they also solved an argument between a man and his in-laws. At the night Ezinma and Ekwefi were having a storytelling when suddenly Chielo arrived and took Ezinma. Both Ekwefi and Okonkwo followed Chielo to see what she was planning. At the end nothing happened and Ezinma was back in the house. At the next morning the wedding festivities continued and many women cooked a lot of food for the event, everyone had a good time.

The next day it was announced that the elder Ezeudu had died. This was big news for the village. Many people attended to the funeral and there was when something terrible happened. Okonkwo’s weapon accidentally shot and hit the dead man’s son. Okonkwo and all his family were obligated to go away for 7 years and also all their goods where burned.  


Chinua, A, (1994), Thing fall apart, 2nd ed, Anchor Books,New York

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