MichaelX.Maryanne.MichaelR.TFA

1st great idea: Parallelism between the relationship of Okonkwo and Unoka and that of Okonkwo and Nwoye; it is their relationships that affect how the younger generation (Okonkwo and Nwoye) become in the future. Because of the failures of his father Unoka, Okonkwo swears to become everything that his father is not. It seems that now Nwoye is doing the same after Ikemefuna's death. The feelings of the sons towards the fathers are all forms of hate, which drives them to become what their fathers aren't. Perhaps this is a cycle that will continue on with Nwoye's sons?

2nd great idea: The people's morals versus the words of the oracle. Is everything the oracle says absolute? Does it constitute the "laws" of the village? Is it her influence, or maybe the god's, that causes humans to do things that are immoral? (killing twins, killing Ikemefuna) Or perhaps, is the moral system made by the oracle?

3rd great idea:

"How can a man who has killed five men in battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to that number?" (p.) - Killing men is an act of manliness. It also shows how the killing of Ikemefuna waivers him. For a moment, he is considered sentimental by the reader! Such thoughts also show in faltering, and shows his emotions (contrary to the usual Okonkwo we see) "He began to wonder why he fad felt uneasy at all. It was like a man wondering in broad daylight why a dream had appeared so terrible to him at night." (p. 59) - Change in events