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as slippery
as slippery as a fish in water
he would use
he would use his fists
ruled his household
ruled his household with a heavy hand
Okonkwo thundered
Okonkwo thundered and stammered
since i survived
since i survived that year, i shall survive anything
inflexible
inflexible will
manly and
manly and proud heart
tried Okonkwo
tried Okonkwo beyond words
knew how
knew how to kill a man’s spirit
not the man
not the man to stop beating someone halfway
no respect
no respect for our gods and ancestors
he was always
he was always uncomfortable sitting around for days
inwardly pleased
inwardly pleased at his son’s development
that boy calls you
that boy calls you father. do not bear a hand in his death
he was afraid
he was afraid of being thought weak
his eyes were red and fierce
his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor
he felt like a drunken giant
he felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito
you have become
you have become a woman indeed
not a man of thought
not a man of thought but of action
he had felt very
he had felt very anxious but did not show it
by then he had
by then he had become gravely worried
work no longer
work no longer had for him the pleasure it used to have
very happy
very happy to receive his friend
he is not
he is not my father
suddenly overcome
suddenly overcome with fury
living fire
living fire begets cold impotent ash
ground his teeth
ground his teeth in disgust
waited impatiently
waited impatiently for the dry season
even in his first
even in his first year of exile he had begun to plan for his return
mourned for the warlike
mourned for the warlike men of Unuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women
Okonkwo was almost
Okonkwo was almost happy again
Okonkwo was choked
Okonkwo was choked with hate
i shall leave
i shall leave them and plan my own revenge
trembling
trembling with hate
one of the greatest
one of the greatest men in Umuofia
one could almost
one could almost write a whole chapter on him. perhaps not a whole chapter but a reasonable paragraph, at any rate
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