Journal Entery

Date: August 15, 2007

Entery Number: 26

Page/Quote reflecting on: Pgs. 102, 140

It is so interesting. After Ezinma was taken by Chielo, Ekwefi stood there and heard her daughter calling for her but she couldn't do anything about it really. The author compares her to a hen whose only chick had been carried away by a kite. Ekwefi tried to stay with Ezinma and tried to keep her close to her but was not allowed to go with and she knew it was pointless to really try so she went to consoling Ezinma who was crying basically. It's interesting though because later on in the story they use this analogy again. Little kite went to get something for her and her mom to eat and she came back with a duckling. Mother kite asked what did the mother say when you took her duckling and young kite answered she said nothing. Mother kite told her to take it back, there was something onimous behind her silence. So she did and brought back a chick. Her mother asked what did its mother do when you took it away. Little kite answer it yelled and it cried and it cursed. Mother kite then said it was safe to eat because there was nothing to fear from one who shouts. It just struck me as I reread it. It was just so interesting.