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Journal 4

In my opinion, chapter 9~11 was one of my favorite chapters. It was where the traditions of Ibo people were shown, and where the true feelings of Owonkwo was shown. The most important cultural scene was shown in chapter 10. Apparently, Ibo people respect these group of masked-men called the egwugwu. They are believed to be a group of men who wore these holy masks, which are believed to posses ancestral spirits. These masked group called egwugwu was judging a crime, caused by one of the man Uzowulu. They are like the Supreme Judge who makes the decision and what punishment people had to get. A very similar event happened in a book called __Lord of the Flies.__ In the separated island, the shipwrecked boys were having a tough time on agreeing and making decisions. However, there was always an assembly when Ralph blew the conch, and they always had to meet in a particular place to make decisions, to judge people, to tell information. As I could recall, the conch was the same as the masks (which made those people who posses it special) and that the act of these meetings are to judge, and make decisions. __Lord of the Flies__ and __Things Fall Apart__ have a similar scene in this aspect.

Question: After the missionaries come, how will the white men effect on these kinds of Ibo traditions?

I responded to BRENDAN RYU's question.