Sunday, May 11, 2008
Ikemefuna
In chapter 7, page 57, it explains about how the men have decided to kill Ikemefuna. Throughout the whole journey they take with him, Ikemefuna feels uneasy, but begins to feel better about going home. Do you think that Ikemefuna knew, beforehand, that he was going to be killed? I am asking this question because it does say that, "He still missed his mother and his sister and would be very glad to see them. But somehow he knew he was not going to see them." But, it also suggests that when he is about to be killed, he doesn't know what is happening. I, personally, feel that he knew that he was going to be killed and was suppressing his feelings of his death to his subconsious mind so he would not have to feel the betrayal of his "father."
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I believe that Ikemefuna gained knowledge of what was going to happen to him as the trip went on. I agree that towards the end of the trip he was just trying to bring up the good memories of his life, and the people he loved the most. I think he did this because he knew that there was nothing he could do to overcome what was going to happen to him next.- John Mcd
I agree with you guys. I think Ikemefuna knew that he was going to be killed. I mean, everyone else seemed to know. It said in the book that even the very little children knew. When Nwoye told his mother that Ikemefuna was going home, she immediately replied, "Poor child", as if she already knew, too.
As they walked through the forest, Okonkwo was silent and soon all the other men were, too. I think Ikemefuna was able to suspect something. As John said, thinking about his childhood, Ikemefuna was able to focus on the happy memories instead of what might soon happen to him.
-Weronika.
i agree with you guys, I also think that Ikemefuna did know that they were going to kill him. I think that he tried to hope that they were telling him the truth, but deep inside he knew that wasn't so. You're right, the betrayal of Okonkwo was probabaly something that Ikemefuna purposely pushed out of his mind. The thought of death was probably also another factor that made him play his part as the oblivious victim to be.
-Viviana
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