TFA quotes

obsessed with masculinity quote 1

"he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable thinking about tomorrow"

obsessed with masculinity quote 2

"he wanted Nwoye to grow into a tough young man"

violent and aggressive quote 1

"whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists"

violent and aggressive quote 2

"Okonkwo ruled his house with a heavy hand"

fearful, weakness and failure quote 1

"his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness"

fearful, weakness and failure quote 2

"it was the fear of himself, if he should be found to resemble his father"

hard working quote 1

"he began to lay the foundations of a prosperous future"

hard working quote 2

" it was slow and painful but he threw himself into it"

strong quote 1

"In the end Okonkwo threw the cat"

strong quote 2

"he was tall and huge and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look"

Okonkwo fears of weakness quote 1 (theme fear)

"his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness"

Okonkwo fears of weakness quote 2 (theme fear)

"he was afraid of being thought weak"

Okonkwo fears of weakness quote 3 (theme fear)

"dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his matchet and cut him down"

Nwoye's fear of his father quote 1

"Nwoye knew that it was right to be masculine and violent but somehow he still preferred the stories his mother used to tell"

fear of weakness quote 1

" weakness and failure troubled him"

Nwoye's feat of his father quote 2

"but the boy was afraid of him"

Belief gives order quote 1

"it was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman"

Belief gives order quote 2

"the Oracle of the hills and cave pronounced it"

beliefs shapes justice and punishment quote 1

" the evil you have done can ruin the whole clan"

beliefs shapes justice and punishment quote 2

"the punishment for this crime was to destroy his buildings and animals and to outcast him out the clan"

belief explains success and failure quote 1

"a man could not rise above the destiny of his chi"

beliefs shapes success and failure quote 1

"if a man said yes, his chi said yes also"

men were powerful culture quote 1

"yam, king of the crop was a mans crop"

men were powerful culture quote 2

"but there is too much woman in him"

storytelling and language quote 1

"among the Igbo people art of conversation us regarded very highly"

storytelling and language quote 2

"he preferred the stories his mother used to tell"

vulnerable to change quote 1

"he has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart"

vulnerable to change quote 2

"the clan had undergone such profound change that it was no longer what it had been"

missionaries cause division within Umofia quote 1

"the clan was no longer united as it used to be"

Mr brown quote 1

"Mr Brown came to be respected even by the group of people because he walked softly on his faith"

Mr brown quote 2

"he made friends with such great people"

Mr brown quote 3

"he had been presented with a carved elephant tusk, which was a sign of self respect built in worth"

Mr smith quote 1

" he saw things as black and white and black was evil"

mr smith quote 2

"he condemned openly about Mr Browns policy of compromise and accommodation"

Mr smith quote 3

"Mr smith was a different type of man"

missionaries challenge Ibgo law quote 1

"White man had not only brought a religion but also a government"

missionaries cause division within Umofia quote 2

"Umofia was like a startled animal, ears erect , sniffing the silent, ominous air"