Real Life Heroes

We all think that superheroes don’t exist and we can only see them in movies, even thought it would be good to have them in real life, but heroes do exist and we probably see them everyday making a better world. A real life hero is someone that helps in what they can without expecting anything back. These heroes are normal people but they have special traits or interests and they have the will to help other people or animals just because they want to do it. The “superpowers” of these heroes are: solidarity, empathy, loyalty, honesty and much more values, but specially love for the human race and our world.

Cecilia Aguilar is my aunt and a real life hero. She is always helping people and animals and doing social service without receiving anything or expecting something. She has worked on many poor communities helping women that have suffered violence and adolescents that have been through bad things, giving them hope and strength and helping them to go on with the use of art. She is an amazing human being and such an example for many people. She is passionate about helping people and making her part to make a better world and the passion that she has is what drives her to do this things. She is a very sensitive person and really loyal, she always knows what to do in a situation thinking not in her but in the others first.

Real life heroes are a big example of what we all should be and inspire millions of people with their stories. These kinds of people, like Cecilia, make us believe that there is hope for humanity and we can all do our part. I personally have been touched by my aunt with her stories and she has made me cry more than once. I have her as an example of how I want to live my life and she is one of the greatest people I know.

We all should take as an example the real life heroes and look for them carefully because they are not in movies, they might be next to us and we can became in one too.

 

My Quote

"Your destiny is too grate, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Do not let fear intimidate you" -Joel Osteen 

This quote is about fear and all the things that it can cause and the ways that it can affect many aspects in your life. I think fear is one of the most powerful things in the world and it can lead you to great things or bad things, it depends on how you use it. The meaning of the quote, wants to let you know that your goals are bigger than your fears and that you shouldn't be intimidated by anything or anyone. 

I can relate to this quote because I am convinced that my destiny is great and that I have a lot of personal and professional goals that I want to get and I won't let anyone or anything intimidate me. 

Chapter 20-25 Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo has many plans now that he is coming home and he wishes to have a great return. He wants to rebuild his compound, have more wives and introduce their sons in the ozo society. Umofia was very changed after 7 years and his clan’s men are very changed too, they were not the strong men clan that Okonkwo remembered and the white men had gained a lot of power and a lot of people are now converts.

Everything is not that bad in Umofia because they have brought many good things to the village.

Okonkwo nearly killed Nwoye when he saw him, he was really involved by now but he decided to forget about him and move on. Mr. Brown left Umofia because of health problems after building a hospital and a school. Okonkwo’s return attracts many people because of his beautiful daughters, but no one was really attracted because he was back. He couldn’t introduce his sons in the ozo society because that happens each 3 years and he had to wait for 2 more. Okonkwo really regrets that he was out of his clan for such a long time.

Mr. Brown is replaced by Reverend Smith. They are very different and things changed a lot after that.

The biggest crime that can be committed in Umofia is to unmask an  “egwugwu” and Enoch, a convert, did it. The next day the egwugwu went to Enoch’s compound and burnt it and later they went to Reverend Smith’s church because they wanted to burn it, but he tells them to calm down and that we would resolve this problem, but they didn’t hear him and they burnt the church.   

Everyone was armed after the burn of the church because they didn’t want the white men to take them by surprise. Okonkwo was happy again with his clan because they were about to fight against the white men. The District Commissioner asked the leaders to meet him. He told them that they would be prisoners until they pay him 2 hundred bags of cowries as a fin for burning the church. They were in prison, were they were treated horrible, until the clan paid for their release.

Everyone would meet the other day to discuss what was happening. Okonkwo was really excited because they would finally have a war against the white men.

The next day everyone was gathered in the town and they began to talk about what was going on with the white men but they were interrupted by the messengers who were asking them to stop the meeting. Okonkwo couldn’t stand it and he killed one of the messengers. The others left and everyone couldn’t believe what was happening. Okonkwo threw his machete and ran away. He hanged himself.

When the district commissioner arrived to Okonkwo’s compound, he asked where Okonkwo was and Oberika told him that he was not there but that maybe his men could help to bring down Okonkwo from the tree because the clan’s people couldn’t do that because he committed suicide and that was a great crime in Umofia.

The district commissioner finally brought Okonkwo’s body down and thought that these would be something interesting for his book, which he would name “The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Nigeria”.

 Achebe, C. (1994) Things Fall Apart . New York: Anchor Books , p.

Chapter 14-19 Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo was exiled from Umofia for 7 years and he moved to his mother’s land, Mbanta. He is well received there by his Uncle Uchendu who lends him some seeds to start farming. Okonkwo works on his farm but with less enthusiasm and he is in depression because of the exile. Okonkwo participates on Uchendu’s son wedding.

Uchendu is a really wise man, he talks to Okonkwo and makes him see that his has to honor women, his motherland and specially his mother, he also told Okonkwo that he has lived worst things and he didn’t hang himself. He somehow makes him realize that it is not the end of the world. 

Oberika visits Okonkwo in his second year on exile. He brought cowries from the sell of Okonkwo’s yams and promised him to bring money each year. Oberika will also care Okonkwo´s farm until he comes back. Oberika tells the men about the arrival of the “white men” to Abame. First a white man arrived in his bicycle and they decided to kill him, then the other men went to Abame and killed almost everyone. Uchendu tells Mother Kite story and says that is fool to kill a man that doesn’t says anything.

Oberika visits Okonkwo again in his third year of exile. He told him that he saw Nwoye with some white men. Okonkwo prefers not to talk about it.

The missionaries arrived to Mbanta and they are asking for a piece of land. The villagers give them the Evil Forest hoping that they will all die in no more than 28 days but nothing happens.

Nwoye arrives home and Okonkwo nearly kills him. Oknokwo realized that Nwoye is just as his father and he feels kind of ashamed to have a son like him.

The outcast members of the clan are now converts but the efulefu refuse them. Mr. Kiaga talks to the other converts and convinces them to stay with the church even thought the outcasts are now part of their religion.

A convert kills the sacred royal python, a great crime in Igbo culture. The men take the decision to ostracize them. Okonkwo does not agree with the decision and thinks that Mbanta is a weak clan. The conflict is eased by the death of the one that killed the python.

Okonkwo’s seven years of exile are ending and he is grateful with Mbanta people for receiving him so well. He decides to make a feast for them before returning to Umofia. The elders give a speech and thanked Okonkwo for his attitude, they also say that they are worried about young generations because they don’t act as one anymore.  

 Achebe, C. (1994) Things Fall Apart . New York: Anchor Books , p. 149-150