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A) Reading chapter 7 and 8 made me bite my lips with terror. Okonkwo played a very brutal and ruthless role in chapter 7. I wondered when I first read this, 'How could he slash the Ikemefuna's life, his son's life with his own hands?' I was shocked at how cold Okonkwo was at first, however, when I thought through it, maybe his emotions are frozen right now or maybe his idea on father-son relationship is quite different from people like me, who grew up with all the love and happiness I need. However, I think Okonkwo is losing so much more meaningful and precious things in life just for power and glory such as family and love.

B) And then quite suddenly a shadow fell on the world, and the sun seemed hidden behind a thick cloud. Okonkwo looked up from his work and wondered if it was going to rain at such an unlikely time of the year. But almost immediately a shout of joy broke out in all directions, and Umuofia, which had dozed in the noon-day haze, broke into life and activity. "Locusts are descending," was joyfully chanted everywhere, and men, women and children left their work or their play and ran into the open to see the unfamiliar sight. The locusts had not come for many, many years, and only the old people had seen them before. At first, a fairly small swarm came. They were the harbingers sent to survey the land. And then appeared on the horizon a slowly-moving mass like a boundless sheet of black cloud drifting towards Umuofia. Soon it covered half the sky, and the solid mass was now broken by tiny eyes of light like shining star dust. It was a tremendous sight, full of power and beauty.

blue: contrast of shadow and joy red: foreshadowing of something bad happening. Ominous. yellow: simile

C) If Okonkwo's father had not been a lazy man, how would that have changed the story? How would the situation be different?