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DIVSION OF BOOK:!Part 1 = before exile!
Part 2 = exile years !
Part 3 = colonisation in Umuofia
Characters:!
Okonkwo:!
❖ Main character & influential clan leader!
❖ Obsessed with masculine achievements = wealth, successful, large family, many wives,
undefeated wrestler (best), soldier during war, titles and staus!
❖ Agressive nature dominates = beat his wife during the Week of Peace to show is power!
❖ Tragic hero = character that makes a judgment error which leads to their own destruction:!
❖ Fears being unsuccessful & weak = like father (Unoka)!
❖ Hardworking & aggressive = fame & wealth!
❖ Hamartia = flaw or error of judgment !
❖ Name meaning:!
• Born on Oko day !
• Nkwo means first day of Igo week"
Nwoye:!
❖ Okonkwo’ eldest son!
❖ Resembles Unoka = gentle & musician !
❖ Leaves & joins Christians "
Ikemefuna:!
❖ Mbaino sacrafice to Sofia to prevent war!
❖ Lives with Okonkwo for 3 years and becomes like a son to him!
❖ Clan decides he should be killed & Okonkwo takes part in the murder!
Ogbuefi Ezeudo:"
❖ Oldest man in the village!
❖ Great orator!
❖ Okonkwo accidentally kills one of Ezeudo’s sons = gun splinters at Ezeudo’s funeral!
Ekwefi:!
❖ Okonkwo’s 2nd wife!
❖ Enzima = daughter!
❖ Once the village beauty!
❖ Ran away from first husband to be with Okonkwo!
❖ Lost 9 children !
Enzinma:!
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, ❖ Okonkwo’s eldest daughter!
❖ Beautiful like her mother!
❖ Wishes she was born a son!
Mr. Brown:!
❖ 1st white missionary in Umofia !
❖ Respect & compromise between church & clansmen!
❖ Long talks with Akunna to understand the Igbo traditions!
❖ Build school & hospital in Umofia!
❖ Attempts to use understanding of Igbo to convert the clansmen!
Reverend James Smith:!
❖ Replaces Mr. Brown !
❖ Impatient & strict = no respect for indigenous culture!
❖ Encourages extreme tactics & violence to provoke the change in the clan!
District commissioner:!
❖ Superiority = treats people like objects !
Unoka:!
❖ Okonkwo’s father!
❖ Talented musician & lazy & irresponsible!
❖ shameful death = many debts & no title !
Obierika:!
❖ Okonkwo’s close friend!
❖ Chooses not to take part in killing of Ikemefuna!
❖ Helps Okonkwo in exile = selling his yams & visiting him !
Akunna:!
❖ Respected man !
❖ Discusses with Mr. Brown!
❖ Identifies similarities between methods of worship (Igbo & Christianity)!
Uchendu:!
❖ Okonkwo’s uncle (youngest brother of his mom)!
❖ Mabanta = where Okonkowo finds refuge !
Enoch:!
❖ Fanatical convert to Christianity !
❖ Mr. Brown disapproves of his blatant disrespect for Igbo traditions !
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