Ibo Responce to the British

At first hen the British come the Ibo people are curious, but not hostile toward them. The only hostilities at first are when the oracle tells the people of one village that the white man would bring doom to them. So the people of this village killed the first white man that came to their village. When the other white men came and they saw that he had been killed, they wiped out the village. Other than that incident the Ibo people and the white men haven't had any conflicts. When the Christians came to Okonkwo's mother's village the villagers laughed at them and gave them a peice of the evil forest thinking it would kill them. The white men think that the Ibo people are savages and their way of life is primative. Because they think that they treat the Ibo people with almost no respect. They use their own customs and beliefes wen making trials and they only help people that have revered to the christian religion.

MOther is Supreme

Okonkwo ignores the "female" virtues in himself by never showing feelings other that anger. He never shows affection for his family. He always has to work or he gets restless and beats his wives. Also if he sees "female" virtues in his sons then he beats them. Because of his ignoring these virtues in himself and others he has put himself into a hole that he will have a hard time getting out of. When he gets exiled to his motherland he believes that that is un-manlike and gets depressed. While there he has an attitude that shows that he doesn't think that he will complete anything there. Because of this his uncle tries to tell him that the mother is supreme but Okonkwo doesn't listen and his years n his mother land are slow to him.

Things Fall Apart response

After reading the first four chapters my opinion of Okonkwo is good. I think that he is a great man, he is respected by everone in the village and is treated like an elder. He always has a good crop too, because he puts a on of effort into farming. He never shows emotion except for anger, and i think that that will be his downfall. Like when he offended the goddess during the Week of Peace by beating his wife. I don't think that beating his wife was such a big deal and don't judge him badly for it because it is the way of their civilization. But becasue it was during the week of peace it is a major offence, and he is punnished for it. He is feeling bad about offending the goddess but becasue he doesn't show emotion all the villagers get even angrier with him because they think that he doesn't care about the goddess. I think that he is a good man though and I don't think that the villagers will hold a grudge for too long.