Quotes Flashcards
(10 cards)
Silence - Jaja
“Mba, there are no words in my mouth,” Jaja replied. - pg. 13
Colonialism - Papa and father benedict
Papa changed his accent when he spoke, sounding British, just as he did when he spoke to Father Benedict. He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed
with the religious, especially with the white religious. - pg. 46
Aunt Ifeoma on Papa and his father
Yet Eugene will not let him into this house, will not even greet him… Eugene has to stop doing God’s job. God is big enough to do his own
job. If God will judge our father for choosing to follow the way of our ancestors, then let God do the judging, not Eugene. - pg. 95/96
Colonialism - Prayers in igbo
We had not gone in Abba because Papa did not like to make his confession in Igbo, and besides, Papa said that the parish priest
in Abba was not spiritual enough. That was the problem with our people, Papa told us, our priorities were wrong; we cared
too much about huge church buildings and mighty statues. You would never see white people doing that. - pg.104
Silence/religion - Kambili singing
Father Amadi led the first decade, and at the end, he started an Igbo praise song. While they sang, I opened my eyes and stared at the wall… I pressed my lips together, biting
my lower lip, so my mouth would not join in the singing on its own, so my mouth would not betray me
Boiling water scene
pg. 194
Ade coker with the whole package bomb thing
pg. 206
Finding Eugene dead
pg. 287
Kambili - routine even after Eugene’s death
“God knows best,” I said. “God works in mysterious ways.” And I thought how Papa would be proud that I had said that, how he would approve of my saying that.
