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I am very interested in how the trial is public to everyone in clan and they gather together to solve the problem of a particular person. Their belief in spiritual things such as their ancestral spirits is very strong and they really rely on it.

Things Fall Apart

Personal reflection

Chapter 10

Theme development

The belief of the clan as well as how the trial process goes are developed in this chapter. We get to know a detailed description of the trial held by the village.

Literary devices

Alliteration: "gome, gome, gome, gome" (pg. 88)

Simile: " the charred teeth that were as big as a mans fingers" (pg. 90)

Hyperbole: "A steady cloud of smoke rose from his head" (Pg. 92)

new characters

Evil Forest- one of the egwugwu

Uzowulu- the beastly husband in the trial

Mgbafo- the wife of Uzowulu

Odukwe- the eldest brother of Mgbafo

Vocabulary

pandemonium- a wild uproar

esoteric- known or understood by a few

guttural- harsh; throaty

approbation- approval

Summary

Quick-write question

Everyone gather to the village commons for the village's public trial to administer justice. The elders sit on their stool while the other man crowd behind them, women stand around the edges. Nine ancestral spirits, known as egwugwu, appear from a secret house into which no woman is allowed to come in. The egwugwu wear masks and the second one walks just like Okonkwo. His wives notice it and also do not see him among the elders but say nothing. The first trial involves an estranged husband and wife. The husband named Uzowulu claims that his in-laws took his wife Mgbafo but did not return her bride-price according to the clan's rule. The brothers then state that they took their sister to rescue her from her beastly husband. The egwugwu finally decide in favor of Mgbafo.

What is the role of the Evil Forest and other spirits of the clan? How do the people react to the spirits and how does their belief affect their daily life?

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