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Chapter 3-6

Brilliant ideas 1. There is a correlation between the crops and gender in Umofia. The women plant inferior, less demanding crops as support and shelter around the yams, more demanding plants, that the men grow. The yams are elevated on mounds, suggesting a kind of physical and metaphorical superiority. If the plants that the women plant are inferior yet supportive for both the yams and the family as a kind of supplement, then the women can be thought of in the same way: although they are weaker, they support their husbands and quietly create a family and maintain their husbands' households. 2. It is noticed that in TFA, the chi seems to have an influence on the actions and lifestyles of the people. While the chi doesn't directly determine their fate in the far future, knowing that one has a "bad chi" seems to direct the way they treat life, which ultimately ends up directing them in the direction of a "bad fate". However, they DO have the chance to change their futures and their fates. This draws a parallel to MB. In MB, the prophecy seems to suggest possible outcomes for MB's fate, and he has the choice to change his future by following or rejecting the prophecy. However, just like chi, the prophecy seems to have some influence on how MB envisions his future, directing his footsteps along a different path than one he might have taken.

Significant Sentences 1. "My father told me that he had been.. meant to preserve" p.31 important because Igbo people also have a sense of peace and aren't just barbaric. this is a rebuttal to Conrad. 2. "Okonkwo, who had been .... found an outlet." p.38 this signifies his anger, hot temper, and his manly strength/violence