Proverbs/ Aphorisms

The African culture is one of many that uses proverbs to teach children and lessons about everyday tasks and living skills. Achebe captures this with the many proverbs throughout the book. We can see some of these in chapter 3, "[...] men have learned to shoot without missing, he has to learn without perching" (Achebe 22). Another illustration of a proverb can be observed in chapter 15, "Never kill a man who says nothing" (Achebe 140). Not only is this not wise but it will just prove how quick one is to do something like this without any thought.


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"You stay at home, afraid of your next-door neighbor" (Achebe 137).