Chpt.12-14

1. **Text-to-world:** When I read the part about the Ogbuefi Ezeudu’s death and his funeral, I thought about the funeral in Korea. This time, it didn’t remind me because the funerals are similar, but because the funeral in the story and the funeral in Korea is very different. First, in the story, it was said that at the Ogbuefi Ezeudu’s funeral, some people fired guns at anywhere (showing their anger) and some danced to the beats of the drums. This is very different from the funerals in South Korea, where people come with flowers (flowers of death) and they cry, mourn, and have sad expression on their faces. They don’t fire guns or dance to the beat because it would be just rude and others would think that they are weird. This scenes of funerals in both countries shows the cultural differences between Nigeria and South Korea.

2. **Prediction:** I think there would be a shocking ending to this story. There were few shocking and sudden parts in the story until this point. First one was the death of Ikemefuna, and the second one was the explosion of Okonkwo’s gun at the funeral, killing a child, and he getting punishment (going to his motherland) for the accidental crime. I also think that later on in the story, white men will come out and participate as a big role in the story, since in the previous chapters, the book mentioned about the “white man”. At this point, I predict that Okonkwo might kill somebody else important to him, or to the story, at the end of the story. I also think that he might commit suicide, rather than killing others, because he is changing now by Ezinma.

3. **Question:** Would Okonkwo really change about his thought and disappointment after he heard his uncle, Uchendu’s, speech about motherland?