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¨Then something had given way inside him. It descended on him again, this feeling, when his father walked in, that night after killing Ikemefuna.¨ (Achebe 60)

The Death of Ikemefuna By: Kayla Reaves

Chapter 7

"He heard Ikemefuna cry, "My father, they have killed me!" as he ran towards him."

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A deathly silence descended on Okonkwo´s compound. Even the very little children seemed to know. Throughout the day Nwoye sat in his mother´s hut and tears stood in his eyes.¨ (Achebe 57)

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"As soon as his father walked in, that night, Nwoye knew that Ikemefuna had been killed, and something seemed to give way inside him, like the snapping of a tightening bow." (Achebe 60)

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"The way he said it sent cold fear down Ikemefuna's back." (Achebe 59)

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"Ikemefuna looked back, and the man growled at him to go on and not stand looking back." (Achebe 59)

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"Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak." (Achebe 60)

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¨He had never been fond of his real father, and at the end of three years he had become very distant indeed." (Achebe 58)

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Ikemefuna heard a whisper close behind him and turned round sharply. The man who had whispered now called out aloud, urging the others to hurry up." (Achebe 58)

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"Why had Okonkwo withdrawn to the rear? Ikemefuna felt his legs melting under him. And he was afraid to look back." (Achebe 59)

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¨It was after such a day at the farm during the last harvest that Nwoye had felt for the first time a snapping inside him like the one he now felt.¨ (Achebe 60)

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