Journal_4-TFA-HSP


 * Paragraph of text-to-text/self/world connection**

After reading chapters nine to eleven, there was a connection between the movie //Avatar//. In chapter ten, the book introduces us with an ancestral spirit called eguwugu, and this is very similar to the way the Navi clan lives. They strongly believe in their ancestors, and they have special trees that connect to the ancestral spirit. Until this point, having special traditions and cultures relates a lot to //Avatar//. This was a small connection to another movie.

Also, the fable that was told by Ekwefi was similar to the fables that we know today. First, the character tortoise is very common among our fables such as //The Hare and The Tortoise's Race//. When the tortoise uses his knowledge to trick the birds, it also reminded me of the //Odyssey//. Even though //Odyssey// is not a fable, it is a mythical story. When Odyssey tricks Poseidon's son Polyphemus by saying that his name is "No One", Polyphemus is able to receive no help after he gets poked in the eye by Odyssey. Similar in Ekwefi's fable, the tortoise claims that his fake name is "For all of you" in which leads the birds to be tricked and the tortoise is able to eat all the foods that are served.

Lastly, it was interesting how Okonkwo had followed Ekwefi when she was tracking down where Chielo was going. Okonkwo was usually manly, and never showed his love to his family. However, when Ekwefi was worried, he was the one that stood up and sort of "protected" her. By this, I was able to recognize that all fathers and mothers around the world would do anything to make their son/daughter as safe as possible.


 * Interpretive or Evaluative Question**

Do you think the fable might be a foreshadow of the story? Why or Why not?

-I do think the fable that Ekwefi told Ezinma is a foreshadowing because first of all, the book's title "Things Fall Apart " already foreshadows that something will be dis-unified. And the something might be dis-unification of the family or dis-unification of the clan or dis-unification of the society. From the fable, I can kind of predict that the society of the Umuofia will collapse because I think when the tortoise fall from the sky and gets its shell broken, it symbolizes the Ibo culture will break apart and will take time to unify again. -from Jinhee-

Is Okonkwo a true manly-man? Or, does he have a weak side?


 * I answered __Jenny H__.'s question.**