Quotes Flashcards
Tell him to go back to his…..
house and leave us alone. We liked his brother who was with us before
(Confrontation of Reverend James Smith)
You are afraid of….
Chukwu. In my religion Chukwu is a loving father and need not to be feared by those who do his will.
(Conversation between Mr Brown and Annuka)
How do you think we can fight when our own
brothers have turned against us? The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his
religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things
that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
Then kill
yourself’ ‘Forgive me. I shall not talk about thanking you any more.’
(Conversation between Okonkwo and Oberika
But if the oracle said that my son
should be killed I would neither dispute it nor be the one to do it
Obeirika was a man
who thought about things
Why should a man suffer
so greatly for an offnce he had commited inadvertently.’
He felt a relief within
as the hymn poured into his parched soul’
Nwoye grew up to be a
Sad faced youth’
My father they
have killed me
He is not
my father
Vague
and persistent questions
Something had given
away inside him
He ruled his
house with a heavy hand
Guns that
never shot
People asked
Why did he do it?
Worthy Men
are no more
The only emotions
worth showing anger
It was the fear of
himself lest he should be found to resemble his father.’
You think you are
the greatest sufferer in the world
Man belongs to his fatherland when t
hings are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland.
That man was one of the greatest
men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself and now he will be buried like a dog…
