Journals

Date: July 17 2008

Entry #2

Page #10

Reflection:

It was during the night in Umuifia and there were many rules in the village during the night. Children were not allowed to make any noise like whistling during the night for they would awaken the evil spirits. I thought it was a wierd belief. Many people did not like Umuofia during the night unless there was moonlight. It was more calm and the villagers felt more comfortable and safe.

Page #9

Quote: "He had discerned a clear overtone of tragedu in the crier's voice, and even now he could still hear it as it grew dimmer and dimmer in the distance."

Reflection:

I mostly like this quote for the word "discerned". It took me a while to figure out what the whole quote meant, but then when I went back and re-read the sentence, that word helped me out. I thought that was a good word to use because it had some good educational meaning to it and i had to use a dictionary to find the true meaning. I like this author alot. He is so unique with his word choices.