Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. BUY · BUY ! Home ... The end of the chapter ... Week of Peace In Umofia, a sacred week in which violence is prohibited.

When Okonkwo breaks the peace during the sacred week, the priest chastises him for endangering the entire community by risking the earth deity's wrath. He ...

The Week of Peace is the week right before the yams are planted every year. During this week, no one is allowed even so much as a harsh word. Everyone is ...

The Week of Peace is a week-long period of time before planting time. After Okonkwo beats his wife Ojiugo, the priest of Ani, who is named Ezeani, comes to ...

He beats her heavily when she returns, breaking the peace of the sacred week. The priest of the earth goddess, Ani, berates him and commands that he bring ...

They talked of harsher punishments and abominations during the week of peace. After this period of rest, each family began to work on new farms—clearing old ...

In his anger he had forgotten that it was the Week of Peace. His first two wives ran out in great alarm pleading ...

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When he beats his wife during the Week of Peace, Okonkwo is not criticized for causing chaos, but for having “no respect for our gods and ancestors” (30).