Things Fall Apart Part 1 Quotes

Chapter 1

“use his fists”, ”ill-fated lad”, ”fame”, ”greatest man of his time”, “solid personal acheivements”, “no patience with his father”

Chapter 2

“powerful orator”, “many others spoke”, “elders/ndichie”, “wives.. perpetual fear” “ruled his household with a heavy hand” “do what you are told woman”

Chapter 3

“Agbala” “High Priestess” “go home and work like a man” “Yam” “King of crops” “mans crop” “fresh start” “inflexible” “Manly and a proud heart” “barns” “wives” “children”

Chapter 4

“meeting is for men” “beat her very heavily” “ruled his house with a heavy hand” “break your jaw” “very fond” “inseperable" “not even for fear of a godess”

Chapter 5

“sound beating” “pressed the trigger” “Okonkwo had won her heart” “ran away” “called her mother by her name” “village beauty” “especially fond”

Chapter 6

“whole village” “voice of the crowd rose to the sky” “sang his praise”

Chapter 7

“rule his women and children” “Do not bear a hand in his death” “Sat still for a very long time” “Dazed with fear” “cut him down” “afraid of being though weak” “once in a generation”

Chapter 8

“eyes red” “drank palm wine from morning till night” “did not taste any food for two days” “Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed” “your wrestling the other day gave me great happiness” “I would neither dispute it not be the one to do it” “They will put off Ndulues funeral until his wife has been buried” “doubtfully” “I dont know how we got that law” “bride price” “the white skin” “these white men, they say, have no toes”

Chapter 9

“silly as all womens stories” “audacity” “sprang from his bed” “took his matchet” “centre of her mother world” “fathers rebuke” “even keener” “called her by her name” “nine of them had died in infancy” “tirelessly” “killed himself too”

Chapter 10

“consult together” “not bravery when a man fights with a woman” “Umofia Kwenu!” “Yaa!”

Chapter 11

“Okonkwo pleaded” “I am following Chielo” “twist your neck” “at the mouth, all alone” “die with her” “tears of gratitude” “ran away to Okonkwo”

Chapter 12

“felt very anxious” “reasonable and manly interval” “gravely worried” “singers” “ant-hill activity” “prominent men like Okonkwo”

Chapter 13

“somebody was dead” “great funeral” “ a boy in a pool of blood” “Okonkwos gun had exploded” “flee from the clan” “Okonkwo had commited the female” “set fire to his houses” “destroyed his barn” “motherland” “man who thought about things” “why”

Nwoye

“sad-faced youth” “something seemed to give way inside of him” “loved his mothers stories” “disquieting signs of laziness”