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While I was reading the two chapters I didn't think that Okonkwo was going to kill Ikemefuna. I thought that or try my best to believe that Okonkwo was going to refuse and show that he really didn't want to kill Ikemefuna because in the chapters it talked about how they both really liked each other as father and son. After seeing this I was shocked for quite a time. This can easily relate to the real world when one doesn't want to ruin one's pride. For example, when I play games I don't want to lose because then people lose respect towards me. Throughout the chapters it talks about how Okonkwo likes Ikemefuna to stay as his family member because he follows the culture and has good influence to Nwoye. Okonkwo believed that because of Ikemefuna Nwoye became more manly. However, when it soon became to his pride and self-esteem he didn't refuse to kill Ikemefuna. After I read these two chapters I realized how self-esteem has great influence in ruining relationships with people and how dangerous it is.
 * a) Paragraph of Text-to-Text/Self/World Connection**
 * b) Do a close reading of one paragraph coming from any of the chapters we've read somehow; post that somehow (diigo, scanned image, voice thread, or other option)

c) An interpretive or evaluative question stemming from the first paragraph of your journal or your close reading activity.** How strong was his self-esteem? Is showing love toward Ikemefuna being week?