Journals

Date: 11 August 2008

Entry:#24

Reflection:
It’s very ironic that the stories about white men that Okonkwo had heard before portrayed such a condescending view of white men. The men of Umoufia laughed at white men. They also implied that they were weak when they say women took the top during sexual intercourse which meant they take control over the white men. In contrast, the stories that Okonkwo is listening to now are about how white men are destroying tough men from a distant tribe. This story left him in shock but even then the story was from too distant a place so Okonkwo wasn’t greatly affected. It almost seemed as a story people say for entertainment.