Things+Fall+Apart

**__Chapter 1__** Okonkwo is a short-tempered, strong, and brave person. He is also wealthy and is respected warrior of the Umuofia clan. He brought honor to his village by beating Anmalize the Cat in a wrestling match. Anmalize was a very good wrestler. His back would never touch the ground.
 * __//Things Fall Apart//__**  **__//By Chinua Achebe//__**   [[image:Screen_shot_2012-03-26_at_9.29.17_AM.png]]

**__Chapter 2__** Someone from the village of Mbaino murdered the wife of an Umuofi The Mbaino must hand over a virgin and a young man. If they refuse, the two villages must go to war. Earlier in the chapter, as he remembers his past victories, we learn about the five human heads that he has taken in battle. On special he drinks palm-wine from the first head that he captured. Because he doesn't want to seem weak, Okonkwo is extremely demanding of his family. He finds his twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, to be lazy, so he beats and nags the boy constantly. **__Chapter 3__** Agbala is known as the oracle of the hills and the caves. Unoko went to see Agbala to ask why he has had a miserable harvest. It is because he is lazy and doesn't take care of his crops. Okonkwo is given his first seed yams by Nwakibe after he gave Nwakibe wine. After his crops fail, Okonkwo learns that he doesn't need his crops to survive. Okonkwo begins share-cropping. **__Chapter 4__** The reader learns that Okonkwo likes to criticize people to make himself seem like he is better than everybody else. Ikemefuna fits into Okonkwo's family very good. Okonkwo accepts him as a son but doesn't want to show affection because he doesn't want to seem weak. Okonkwo is forced to pay a fine because he beat his wife during the weak of peace. **__Chapter 5__** This chapter talks about the igbo beliefs in the gods, and evil spirits. It also talks more about Okonkwo's anger problems, and how he tried to shoot his second wife. **__Chapter 6__** The wrestling match takes place on the village of ilo. The wrestling begins with matches between boys ages fifteen and sixteen. Maduka, the son of Okonkwo’s friend Obierika, wins one match within seconds. As the wrestling continues, Ekwefi speaks with Chielo. They conclude that Ezinma will live because she has reached the age of 10. **__Chapter 7__** After 3 years, Ikemefuna acts as an older brother and became a part of the family. To entertain themselves, Okonkwo and his family tell each other stories. Ogbuefi Ezedu warns Okonkwo to not be a part of killing Ikemefuna. He does anyway because he doesn't want to seem weak. **__Chapter 8__** After killing Ikemefuna, Okonkwo cannot eat or sleep for two days. He goes to his friend Obierika. While he is there Obierika meets a boy wanting to marry his daughter and the process of the bride price is explained. Okonkwo begins to feel more like himself again, and tries to forget about killing Ikemefuna. **__Chapter 9__** This chapter talks about how Ekwefi had 10 kids, but only 1 of them lived (9 died). One custom is to burry the dead child in the evil forest. Another tradition is that they believe that 1 child should carry around a stone, to keep her health. Okonkwo makes a medicine in a pot for that 1 child, when she was sick. **__Chapter 10__** Women are treated like outsiders by men during the ceremonies. The reader learns that the egwugwu are ancestral spirits that represent the 9 starting villages. To settle the wife beating case, the egwugwu will cut off his genitals. **__Chapter 11__** Ezinima was addressing her prophecy and greetings to Okonkwo, by telling the story of the tortoise in this chapter. The pristess takes Ezinima to the cave, to see his daughter, and Ekwiefi follows them to make sure Ezinima doesn't get hurt. **__Chapter 12__** Okonkwo’s family begins to prepare for Obierika’s daughter’s uri. The villagers contribute food to the festivities and Obierika buys a huge goat to present to his future in-laws. The preparations are briefly interrupted when the women retrieve an escaped cow and the cow’s owner pays a fine for setting his cows loose on his neighbors’ farms.

**__Chapter 13__**

Ezendu is scared at Okonkwo. Okonkwo killed his 16 year old child. Okonkwo is Exiled for 7 years, for killing a clansman. Okonkwo and his family are forced to leave the village. **__Chapter 14__** This chapter starts off with Okonkwo moving to his new village. His family helps him out a lot by giving him seeds, and helps him build a new hut. Uchendu helps him calm down about being exiled. **__Chapter 15__** In this chapter, we learn that it has been 2 years since Okonkwo's exile. The city, Abame has been wiped out. The chapter, also talks about the story "The Mother Kite". **__Chapter 16__** This chapter starts off with the missionaries building a church, and shrines in the Evil Forest. Nyowe is still attracted to them, but wants it to be secret. Everytime the missionaries come, everyone protects the twins. Whenever the church is getting built, Nwoye goes into it. Okonkwo finds out Nwoye went in the church, so he choked him. This chapter also talks about how they gave Okonkwo his nickname of the Roaring Flame. He was called that, because he wiped people off the face of the earth so much. **__Chapter 17__** In this chapter, the elders of mbanta give the misssionaries land in the evil forest. the twins are saved by the missionaries. after the church is built in the evil forest people start to convert to the missionaries.

**__Chapter 18__** In this chapter, Mr.Kiaga allows the outcasts to become part of the church if they cut off their hair. The outcasts are afraid but Mr.Kiaga persuades them into doing it. A royal python was killed. Okonkwo then wants to drive the missionaries out with force but Mbanta refuses. Eventually the killer of the python dies shortly after becoming sick.

**__Chapter 19__** In this chapter, Okonkwo feels he would have prospered more in umofia. Okonkwos hosts a great feast for his mothers clan an older gives a speech priasing okonkwo. **__Chapter 20__** Okonkwo is going to return to his former village. He discovers that his daughter has went from a ailing girl to a buoyant maiden. Okonkwo is going to try to get everyone in the village to prevent the white man from changing all of their customs. **__Chapter 21__** **__Chapter 22__** **__Chapter 23__** **__Chapter 24__** **__Chapter 25__**