Ikemefuna quotes- TFA

deep connection w Nwoye

Became quite inseparable from him

he gives the happiness Okonkwo cannot provide-new hope and rebirth

Kindled a new fire in the boy

Ikemefuna thinks about old family less and more attached to new family

he and Nwoye became so deeply attached to each other that such moments became less frequent and poignant INPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND IMPACT OF TRUSTFUL RELATIONSHIP

Nwoye develops and learns new skills, like an older brother

he was like an elder brother to Nwoye

destined to live a short life

the doomed lad and ill fated lad

what did Ikemefuna call Okonkwo

my father

okonkwo lack of coordination from death

he felt like a drunken giant walking on the limbs of a mosquito- lack of coordination and function -GOES AGAINST TRUSTING FAMILY VALUES IN IGBO- HIS CHI

Nwoye furious at father killing Ikemefuna- embitterment

he felt a snapping inside of him

Okonkwo's reaction to ikemefunas death 1

he did not taste food for three days

relationship w Okonkwo

even Okonkwo became fond of the boy, inwardly of course

Okonkwo angry that he is grieving

shivering old woman

killing ikemefuna

Umuofia has decided to kill him, the oracle of the hills and caves has pronounced it.

Okonkwo angry that he is feeling emotions about ikemefunas death 2

Okonkwo you have become a woman indeed

main themes of ikemfuna

-relationship w nwoye

-relationship w okonkwo

-desinted to live short life

-death was start of things falling apart

link to context about ikemefuna coming from different village

Achebe is able to remind the reader that this story is not about the whole of Africa but only about a part of Africa, combating the European tendency to see all Africana’s as one

forgets about old family context

Achebe stresses the importance of family and the impact of a trustful relationship

context of why Okonkwo killed him

IN 1958 pressure to fulfil masculine ideas suggests why Okonkwo is so afraid of looking weak if he didn’t kill Ikemefuna. GIVES OKEONKWO BAD CHI AND OMEN FROM NOW TILL THE END…