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a) Paragraph of Text-to-Text/Self/World Connection

After reading the chapters from 12- 14 I thought about my experience when I went to the festival and wedding. This was shown in the part Okonwkwo went to Obierika’s daughter’s //uri//, a betrothal ceremony which people in every ages was invited. Also I noticed the neighborhoods all provided and shared some presents within each other. For example, the vilagers contributed food, Obierika provided a goat and the suitors family gave a wine. These exchanges were beneficial which form a peace among the town people and show the respect among people. I thought that Asia has traditions which respectivity, order and peace are important. They all signifies the manners and decorum as the important factor that people should exchange and share lives together. For example, people give money during the wedding to their relatives, bring stuffs for the house invitiations and gold rings for the baby's 100th birthdays. Moreover, by the punishment which Okonkwo got by killing the son of Ezeudo present that people signifies the relationship of the family are important. Also Okonkwo got the most desperate and scary punishment, getting separate from the family and live under the life of his Uncle, which agains deal with the helpful family relationships.

b) Predictions about what's to come in the remainder of the book.

The prediction that I am making is that because of the continuous punishments that Okonkwo is getting, he will face the death later. I noticed his misfortune when Ogbuefi Ezeudu, man who told Okonkwo to kill Ikemefuna has died. I thought that Ezeudo is punished by the ghost or spirit of Ikemefuna who died without any fault. Moreover, I thought that because now the family of Okonkwo got departed from each other, family are all going to die or run away. This might happen because there were no earnings or foods in the family anymore. Also by Okonkwo's family staying in the house of Okonkwo's mother, I thought that the whole family will live a life like Okonkwo's mother who had suffered the hunger and mistreatments by her husband, Ukema, who had enormous amounts of debts and failures. 

c) A question related to either of the previous two paragraphs in today's journal

If you were the wife of the Okonkwo what would you do ?