Proverbs in Things Fall Apart - Raleigh Charter High School
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|Proverb |Meaning |Relevance to the story |
|“The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines | | |
|on those who kneel under them.” p. 8 | | |
|“If a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.” | | |
|p. 8 | | |
|“Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too. If one| | |
|says no to the other, let his wing break.” p. 19 | | |
|“A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for | | |
|his own greatness.” p. 19 | | |
|“A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing.” p. 20 | | |
|“An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are | | |
|mentioned in a proverb.” p. 21 | | |
|“The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the | | |
|ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.”| | |
|p. 21 | | |
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|Proverb |Meaning |Relevance to the story |
|“Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to | | |
|shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without | | |
|perching.” p. 22 | | |
|“It was like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of | | |
|holes.” p. 22 (technically, this is a simile, not a | | |
|proverb) | | |
|“Looking at a king’s mouth, one would think he never | | |
|sucked at his mother’s breast.” p. 26 | | |
|“Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a | | |
|benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.” p. 26| | |
|“When a man says yes his chi says yes also.” p. 27 | | |
|“When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch | | |
|its mouth.” p. 71 | | |
|“But as the dog said, ‘If I fall down for you and you | | |
|fall down for me, it is play.’” p. 73 | | |
|The story about the tortoise in Chapter 11. p. 96-99 | | |
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