Journals

Date: 6 August 2008

Entry #32

Page #160

Reflection:

For Easter, during this portion of the novel, they woman who volunteered had to scrub the church with red dirt. This was supposed to be like painting for them. But when the women went to the river for dirt or water, the clan had men who would beat them if they went there. I guess they were trying to prevent from Easter even happening. This is what i hate about Okonkwo. He can't accept the fact that his is not always right.


Page #161

Reflection:

Now this is just a weird thing that is going on in this village. A lot of the villagers still believe in their own religion. A man had died and they thought he died because he called a sacred snake. If the snake dies, the person who killed it will die too. The missionaries though, told them that this is just foolish. No one can die for killing a snake. The clan still laughed at those missionaries. This just really got me mad.