Journals

Date: 6 August 2008

Entry #23

Page #113

Reflection:

This is just another pointless observation of my reading through the novel, Things Fall Apart. The village is just preparing a random meal and the men are making soup. They have to kill the fattest goat that they can cut up to make the soup. I thought that this was just nasty and sad. They are just going to kill an innocent animal and then they are going to eat a soup full of goat fat. This is just too gross. I dont see how people can do that.

Page #114

Quote: "The one that uses its tail to drive flies away"

Reflection:

During the course of making the meal, a wife of the village crys out this quote as shown here. At first i did not understand it at all. I was wondering what animal that can fly, also has a tail. But later on, i read that she meant that a cow had gotten out of the gates from where they were locked up. This was so foolish. I still dont see how they can use this quote to tell that. This author is surely unique.