Journal Entery

Date: June 29, 2007

Entrey Number: 5

Page/Quote reflecting on: Pg 26

I understand how Okonkwo can't stand less successful men because he had to put up with his own father for a long while, but I don't understand why he has to be so mean to them sometimes. While discussing the next ancestral feast to come with his kin, Okonkwo was contradicted by a man who held no titles. Okonkwo got mad and called him a woman which may seem somewhat funny but really it was a serious thing for them. Calling another man a woman really kills a man's spirit and Okonkwo definately knew how to do that. All the other men there were on the other man's side and made Okonkwo apologize for what he said. It's interesting though. Okonkwo was told when he was a child that his father was a woman because he was lazy and held no titles and now Okonkwo is very quick to call others who hold no titles women. But anyway, I think that was just really mean though because it was a kindred meeting. You're not suppose to be that mean to your own kin. That's evil.