Things Fall Apart Part One

Who is it? "When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to pounce on somebody."

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Okonkwo

• Ikemefuna

Who is it? "In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow."

• Unoka

• Okonkwo

• Obiageli

• Nwoye

Who is it? "'Since I survived that year,' he always said, 'I shall survive anything.' He put it down to his inflexible will.

• Okonkwo

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Ikemefuna

Who is it? "He was by nature a very lively boy and he gradually became popular in Okonkwo's household, especially with the children."

• Obierika

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Ikemefuna

What is being referred to? "The evil you have done can ruin the whole clan. The earth goddess whom you have insulted may refuse to give us her increase, and we shall all perish."

• Unoka was complaining about the failure of his crops.

• Okonkwo insulted another man who had no title.

• Okonkwo beat his wife during the Week of Peace.

• Ekwefi was grieving for her dead children.

What is it? "And then quite suddenly a shadow fell on the world, and the sun seemed hidden behind a thick cloud...But almost immediately a shout of joy broke out in all directions, and Umuofia, which had dozed in the noon-day haze, broke into life and activity."

• Meeting

• Locusts

• Wrestling

• War

What happened? "Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak."

• War with Mbanta

• War with Mbaino

• Death of Unoka

• Death of Ikemefuna

Who is it? "A vague chill had descended on him and his head had seemed to swell, like a solitary walker at night who passes an evil spirit on the way. Then something had given way inside him."

• Nwoye

• Ikemefuna

• Okonkwo

• Obierika

Who is it? "But he was so weak that his legs could hardly carry him. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito. Now and then a cold shiver descended on his head and spread down his body."

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Okonkwo

• Ikemefuna

Who is it? "'________ should have been a boy,' he thought as he looked at his ten-year-old daughter. He passed her a piece of fish."

• Ezinma

• Obiageli

• Ojiugo

• Ekwefi