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a.. Paragraph of Text-to-Text/Self/World Connection 3-6 While reading chapters 3-6 of the book Things Fall Apart, I noticed some similarities within some aspects of the Igbo tribe and the modern World today. One similarity is that abuse is an issue. In the short three chapters of the book, I could find many different cases where Okonkwo was being very cruel and abusive towards many others; children, wives, neighbors. And this is also a big issue in todays World also. When watching/reading the news, there are sometimes incidents where some cruel people murder their own family members. Another similarity is that traditional holidays were very important. While reading the book, I realized that some holidays were taken very seriously and was passed on from a long time ago. For example, when Okonkwo had fought with his wife during the week of peace, many villagers came to see and talked about how there were only a few cases long time ago where anyone had broken the peace. Other countries in the world have their own unique cultural holidays that are important too.
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b.. Paragraph regarding an Ibo cultural tradition mentioned in Ch. 3-6 While reading the three chapters, 3-6, I noticed that the traditions of Igbo were taken very seriously among the Igbo clan. As also mentioned in above, when Okonkwo broke the peace during the week of peace, I noticed that it was not something that they could just get over with. Okonkwo had to pay off to the priest as a punishment for breaking the peace. Another part where I felt that the traditions were important was during the New Harvest(year) celebration section. Even though the real celebration where men went out to fight started when the sun was going to set, the drums started to b at Noon.

I wonder why the wrestling had to start when the sun was setting? Isnt it too dark to see or maybe that could be why..
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