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Wysłany: Wto 12:56, 01 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaaofbp |
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for shelterand
all were happyrefreshed and thankful.
Okonkwo and his family worked very hard to plant a new farm.
But it was like beginning life anew without the vigor and
enthusiasm of youthlike learning to become left-handed in old
age. Work no longer had for him the pleasure it used to haveand
when there was no work to do he sat in a silent half-sleep.
His life had been ruled by a great passion—to become one of the
lords of the clan. That had been his life-spring. And he had all but
achieved it. Then everything had been broken. He had been cast
out of his clan like a fish onto a drysandy beachpanting. Clearly
his personal god or chi was not made for great things. A man could
not rise beyond the destiny of his chi. The saying of the elders was
not true—that if a man said yea his chi also affirmed. Here was a
man whose chi said nay despite his own affirmation.
The old manUchendusaw clearly that Okonkwo had yielded to
despair and he was greatly troubled. He would speak to him after
the isa-ifi ceremony.
The youngest of Uchendu's five sonsAmikwuwas marrying a
new wife. The bride-price had been paid and all but the last
ceremony had been performed. Amikwu and his people had taken
palm-wine to the bride's kins [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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"Are you safeBetsy
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