Gender Roles in Umuofia
Jared Griffin
The roles of the woman in TFA are clean and take care of the house,kids,food,cooking,cleaning and more.Women do whatever the man tells them to do. The men's role in TFA is to be the boss,and to not show emotions,They show masculinity, They also show their strength by growing a lot of yams and also having a lot of wives. They show strength by telling their wives what to do, They show their strength by wrestle and fight. All of the roles between men and woman in TFA are different. Woman can get in trouble for not listening and doing what the men tell them to do. The men are allowed to punish the woman. Men do not show their emotions even when they have emotions on the inside they hide their emotions so that no one else can see them emotional. An example of okonkwo hiding his emotions was when he killed ikemefuna. He killed him so that he did not seem weak. After he killed him okonkwo was very depressed and emotional. Okonkwo hid his emotions from everyone so that he seems masculine.
The roles of the woman in TFA are clean and take care of the house,kids,food,cooking,cleaning and more.Women do whatever the man tells them to do. The men's role in TFA is to be the boss,and to not show emotions,They show masculinity, They also show their strength by growing a lot of yams and also having a lot of wives. They show strength by telling their wives what to do, They show their strength by wrestle and fight. All of the roles between men and woman in TFA are different. Woman can get in trouble for not listening and doing what the men tell them to do. The men are allowed to punish the woman. Men do not show their emotions even when they have emotions on the inside they hide their emotions so that no one else can see them emotional. An example of okonkwo hiding his emotions was when he killed ikemefuna. He killed him so that he did not seem weak. After he killed him okonkwo was very depressed and emotional. Okonkwo hid his emotions from everyone so that he seems masculine.
Roles in the Recent Religious Conflicts
Jared Griffin
Some roles from war and fighting in TFA are to show who is stronger than who, and to try to solve problems. Some wars are fought over land. Some wars are fought over revenge. In TFA the white men went and killed the whole village for revenge. IN TFA okonkwo wanted to go to war with the missionaries to force them out of the land. He also wanted to go to war with them for revenge. In TFA okonkwo was a big fighter of the clan, He was know as a warrior. I almost feel like okonkwo was obsessed with war and fighting. Like the whole book he was talking about war and fighting. In life their is always wars and fighting. You can't live without fighting. When people get mad they start to fight and they want war. You can see this in okonkwo when he got mad at his wife he solved the problem by hitting and trying to kill his wife.When he got mad at the missionaries he wanted to fight and have war.
Some roles from war and fighting in TFA are to show who is stronger than who, and to try to solve problems. Some wars are fought over land. Some wars are fought over revenge. In TFA the white men went and killed the whole village for revenge. IN TFA okonkwo wanted to go to war with the missionaries to force them out of the land. He also wanted to go to war with them for revenge. In TFA okonkwo was a big fighter of the clan, He was know as a warrior. I almost feel like okonkwo was obsessed with war and fighting. Like the whole book he was talking about war and fighting. In life their is always wars and fighting. You can't live without fighting. When people get mad they start to fight and they want war. You can see this in okonkwo when he got mad at his wife he solved the problem by hitting and trying to kill his wife.When he got mad at the missionaries he wanted to fight and have war.
A Short Glimpse at Umuofian Society
Jared Griffin
Some of the traditions in TFA are the peace week, The feast of the new yams, and the egwugwu ceremony. The peace week is a week where you are supposed to have peace and not really do anything. Okonkwo got in trouble on the peace week when he broke the peace by beating his wife. The feast of yams is a feast that everyone has. It is to make the gods happier so that they will have a better yam harvesting year. The Egwugwu ceremony is when they worship the gods and elders of the clan. Basicly the men of the clan dress up as the gods and have a meeting in front of everyone and people think they are gods and do not know that they are just men from the clan. Traditions are in everyday life. A tradition could be going to church or just something you celebrate. For us in our life that could be christmas or halloween and the 4th of july. Those are all days that everyone knows and celebrates.
Some of the traditions in TFA are the peace week, The feast of the new yams, and the egwugwu ceremony. The peace week is a week where you are supposed to have peace and not really do anything. Okonkwo got in trouble on the peace week when he broke the peace by beating his wife. The feast of yams is a feast that everyone has. It is to make the gods happier so that they will have a better yam harvesting year. The Egwugwu ceremony is when they worship the gods and elders of the clan. Basicly the men of the clan dress up as the gods and have a meeting in front of everyone and people think they are gods and do not know that they are just men from the clan. Traditions are in everyday life. A tradition could be going to church or just something you celebrate. For us in our life that could be christmas or halloween and the 4th of july. Those are all days that everyone knows and celebrates.