Sunday, July 27, 2008

entry 13

"Okonkwo did not taste any food for two days after the death of Ikemefuna. He drank palm wine from morning till night, and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor." p.g. 63

Truthfully I did not expect Okonkwo to show any sign of remorse at all, and just to keep all his feelings in so as not to seem weak, but I'm glad he feels bad it makes him seem more like a person and less of a robot trying to fit into society.
Also in this quote i did not like how the author wrote "the death of Ikemefuna" because it just seems like he is trying to sugarcoat what happened. Like he is trying to make it seem like it was accidental or that Ikemefuna died of natural causes when in reality it wasn't a death it was murder.

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