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  1. May 2020
    1. Ekwefi stood rooted to the spot. One mind said to her: "Woman, go home before Agbala does you harm." But she could not. She stood until Chielo had increased the distance between them and she began to follow again. She had already walked so long that she began to feel a slight numbness in the limbs and in the head.

      This paragraph symbolizes a mother desperately struggling to save her daughter from the harm that she believes could happen to her, for this reason, she secretly goes after her daughter, regardless of the consequences. Ewkifi, a strong and risky woman, is filled with fear knowing that a woman is taking her daughter even though, with her consent, she decides to go above her husband OkonkwoI believe that any mother would make or give her life to protect and save her children. she did not care what the priestess said that something bad could happen if she continued and the voice that spoke to her advised her to return home, but she continued to the end and saw her daughter safe

  2. Apr 2020
    1. He wanted Nwoye to grow into a tough young man capable of ruling his father's household when he was dead and gone to join the ancestors.

      This paragraph identifies many of the parents who want their children to be their example to follow but it is not always what they want since each person chooses his own path in the case of Nwoye, his father Okonkwo wanted his son to be like the strong and brave that others saw him with respect on the other hand Nwoye was the opposite thing that saddened his father I think that parents have to love their children the way they are without trying to change their thoughts.

    1. It was unusual as a dream because it was full of smells, and he never dreamt smells. First a marshy smell, there to the left of the u·ail the swamps began already, the quaking bogs from which no one ever returned

      This is where Cortazar begins to play with perspective and time. We all know that dreams don’t have smells. When he said that he was smelling it confused me and put me in doubt in which one was reality. His knowledge allows both perspectives to seem realistic. In this story, we can see that although time progressed the underline situations remain the same. Medicine and rituals have progressed.

    1. Delia and Sykes fought all the time now with no peaceful inter-ludes. They slept and ate in silence. Two or three times Delia had attempted a timid friendliness, but she was repulsed each time.

      Many times, some women are in a toxic and unhealthy relationship without love and affection, but do not make the decision to leave their husbands, perhaps for fear of what society will say or how to face reality. There are also men who do not love their women but are with them to serve them in their daily life at home, such as washing, ironing, eating, among others. Being in a relationship without love is like being dead in life and more when a relationship is abusive. Dalia, like many women, suffers day to day, perhaps because they want something different in their lives but do not know how to get rid of the hell they live in to obtain their freedom and happiness.

    1. Maybe there are some children around who still haven't eaten human flesh. Save the children . . .

      The Diary of a Madman is the story that represents the disease in China during the period when Lu Xun wrote the book. The author affirms his concern for the future generation of children. That is why he said "save children ...", with this the author wants to create human consciences, that children can be saved from the catastrophe that adults create. Preserve the hope of children who are still innocent and have not eaten human flesh. In other words, the author hopes that the future generation of some children will learn to cope with oppression and courage and the courage to speak their minds, be aware, and act courageously without confronting carnivorous violence.For me, this is a metaphor that the author uses to make China more aware of making cultural change and a better future for the children of the new generation.