Ch. 8&9 Response

Chapter eight and nine are appealing. I like how he explains the time in the jungle thinking on his pass. I find it weird how when he and his classmates meet the old man that he just gave up on life and thinks he would be a waist of the boys memories if he told them his name. I find that just sad that the man just gave up and dosen't care anymore about his life. Later on when he is describing the damage to his feet was just grose how he said that the skin was bairld hanging on, and how the bloos was just incrusted on his foot. In all theses chapters are very good.

Ch. 6&7 Response

I find these chapters very different then the last few. These chapters are dealing with his life at the village where they treat him like an outcast. And how they expect him to do the same work as they do. Even as he struggles they still expect him to do the same amount of work as a adult. The entry to chapter 7 is interesting in how it just go right into it, "The attack happened unexpectedly one night.", it just pulls you in and you feel like you have to read more. In all these chapters are different, but they still make what they are saying interesting.

Ch. 3-5 of Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

These chapters are really good in how he immerses you in the chaos of the raid. It felt like I was was standing there seeing all of the people running by in terror screaming while guns rang though out the village. In the chapters he is sneaking in to Matta Jong it was so tense that I didn't want to put the book down. I was surprised though that the rebels just joked the whole time about death and the killing of people. I could almost feel the gut wrenching feeling just waiting to see if you arn't found and live or you ge discovered and die.

Ch. 1&2 of Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

I find this very vivid detail. This is some of the most gruesome writing I have ever read in a book. It seemed as if i was really there witnessing the event and it is very deep. While reading the part where he was walking through the village and seeing the dead pile in the streets like they fell from the sky was some of the most descriptive writhing I have ever read. In chapter 2 i didn't get it at first but towards the end it mad more sense that he i still having dreams today.

Ibo people response to the white people

This all starts when the first white man came to a village on an "iron horse." When the man came the villagers consulted the oracle to see what they should do. The oracle told them to stop the white man because more would come if he is not stopped. So a little bit later the villager kill the white man. After killing the man a force came in a destroyed the village. Later the white men started to move from village to village. They eventually get to the village that Okonkwo lives in and starts to command the people to follow their belief. When the white people want to build a church they tell them to build it in the evil forest. When the finish the church the white people start to convert the exiled and take in twins left to die in the in the forest. After a bit of time the white people kill a python, which resembles the earth god, so the Ibo people get very angry. They evnetualy get revenge by chasing away and beating the white people that come into the village to get water and other materieles for easter. Then everything starts to go wrong once Mr. Brown leaves from a sickness. When the new preist comes in he says that the people need to eather believe or just go away. On man that converted named Enoch unmaskes a spirit during a cermony. Killing the spirit he commited the highest offence. The christian fear for his life and hide him from the Ibo. During the time he is being hidden the Ibo burn down Enoch's house and the church. All in all the Ibo hate the British for the most part because they did bring trading post and rare items. On the other hand the British think of the Ibo people as animals. They think they are savage, crazy, and primitave.From this view the Birtish treat the Ibo people like dirt. Kicking them around and making them do what ever they want.

Okonkwo Post

Some of the female virtues that Okonkwo refuses to acknowledge is the compassion for his daughters and sons, the fact that his wives live him, and that he care about what happens to the to people. This affects his life because he does not care about others so he gets in trouble for being heartless. Even though his wives love him he beats them, so when he beat his second wife during the week of peace he is cursed then since he does not care about the other people he is not liked by the god so he is cursed even more. So all of this leads to the downfall of his farm and house. Since all of this happens he denies that he has female virtues. This is really one vicious circle.

Opinion on Okonkwo

Okonkwo is very different from others in the story. He is very determined to be successful rather than his father. His father Unoka is very lazy and has massive debt. Okonkwo is very easy to make angry. He has a short temper and will hit any one that doesn't comply with him or gets in his way. He even hits his wife if she disobeys him. I my opinion his a rude, inconsiderate, jerk. Even though he care about his family, that doesn't give him permission to beat them. So what i am saying is that personaly i don't like this mean side of him but i like his determined side to do well in the settlement.