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

Through out few chapters, the relationship between Ekwefi and Ezinma is not just a simple mother-child relationship. Ekwefi loves her only daughter, Ezinma, extremely because she is the only child that is still alive out of nine children that she lost. In chapter 9, when Ezinma is sick, Ekwefi’s bad memories of her child getting sick bother her. The reason why Ekwefi is too worried is due to the fact that all of her nine children died of illness. Ekwefi names her children relating to preventing death or lucky names to at least get rid of death spirit. As her only daughter gets sick, the immediate response was Ekwefi to panic. Ekwefi and Ezinma’s relationship was very special since they were so close that Ezinma talks to Ekwefi as if her talking to her friend. All this relationship just makes me think of my mom and I. Something that is really interesting is that I am also a only child who is really close with my mom. Like Ezinma, my mom and I talk like friends and my mom cares about me a lot. Additionally, when I was born, I was very weak and ill. My mom and dad did everything to make me alive. So then, whenever I am sick, she panics and worries a lot like Ekwefi. I think my mom and Ekwefi has the same maternal feeling toward their daughter.

From Things Fall Apart, how is Ekwefi’s maternity different from other wives?
 * b) An interpretive or evaluative question stemming from the first paragraph of your journal.**

- I think Ekwefi's maternity is different from other wives because unlike other women, Ezinma, was the only child who survived Ekwefi's past infancy. Also their relationship was very unusual. Ezinma called her mother by her name (Ekwefi) and is treated as an equal. Ekwefi receives great support and companionship from her daughter and it seems like she could do anything for her daughter. Ezinma was the heart of her life. ( answer by Jennifer Suh)

I responded to Hyunsun Park’s Question
 * c) Respond to someone else's question on his/her journal page. Then write a line on your own page saying, "I responded to ___'s question" so I will know where to find your response.**