In chapters 9-15 the action of the book in my opinion starts to amplify and intensify. During this chapter we see Ezinma get taken away and Ekewfi runs after her. Okwonkwo kills a sixteen year old on accident. The village of Abame is macerated by the white men and we are just previewing the arrival missionaries.
One of the tracking poster themes that we may have had to look for in the book is fire. Fire not in its literal meaning (although that may have been what the village of Abame looked like) but the way I view is the context of a fire's life. When a fire is lit, it is small and weak in its heat and energy. However over time the fire builds up more energy and spreads through out its area. This is similar to the arrival of white men. In the first eight chapters there talk of the coming of white men. This is the mini little flame that has barely been ignited. There was awareness of white men but the presence of white men is not strong enough to do any damage. But when the village of Abame is burned down by the white men, that is the metaphorical fire that has grown and spreading.
Overall, the chapters surprised me with what happened in them, most of which I did not see coming but nothing that had me running around the house screaming.
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