What’s More
The Clever Young Man and
the Monster & Rawera (the
Comforter) and the Monster
Structure
Exposition The Clever Young Man and the Okonkwo is a wealthy and
Monster: Once upon a time in East respected warrior of the Umuofia
Africa, the monster or ogre
Shing’weng’we swallowed all the
people in the world together with
all the domestic animals, except
one pregnant woman who hid in a
pile of chaff.
Rawera (the Comforter) and the
Monster: A long time ago, the
people of Funtu lived happily. They
worked hard and produced much
food. They loved each other. The
King was kind: everybody loved
him. Meanwhile, there was a
woman, Ng’uono, who lived in the
village. Because she was barren,
men refused to marry her. Elders
forcefully married Ng’uono to Jater,
an old man. Ng’uono and Jater
had no friends. Despite being
treated badly, they were not bitter.
They humbly accepted their
situation.
Rising Action The Clever Young Man and the
Monster: Later, the woman gave
birth to a boy named Masala
Kulangwa. When the boy grows
up, he asked her mother why they
are only the two of them and then
the women explained that there is
a monster who swallowed
everyone, that’s why they are only
the one left. From that day on, the
young man started looking for the
monster.
Things Fall Apart
clan, a lower Nigerian tribe that is
part of a consortium of nine
connected villages. He is haunted
by the actions of Unoka, his
cowardly and spendthrift father,
who died in disrepute, leaving
many village debts unsettled. In
response, Okonkwo became a
clansman, warrior, farmer, and
family provider extraordinaire. He
has a twelve-year-old son named
Nwoye whom he finds lazy;
Okonkwo worries that Nwoye will
end up a failure like Unoka.
In a settlement with a neighboring
tribe, Umuofia wins a virgin and a
fifteen-year-old boy. Okonkwo
takes charge of the boy,
Ikemefuna, and finds an ideal son
in him. Nwoye likewise forms a
strong attachment to the
newcomer. Despite his fondness
for Ikemefuna and despite the fact
that the boy begins to call him
“father,” Okonkwo does not let
himself show any affection for him.
During the Week of Peace,
Okonkwo accuses his youngest
wife, Ojiugo, of negligence. He
severely beats her, breaking the
peace of the sacred week. He
makes some sacrifices to show his
repentance, but he has shocked
his community irreparably.
Ikemefuna stays with Okonkwo’s
family for three years. Nwoye looks
up to him as an older brother and,
 Rawera (the Comforter) and the much to Okonkwo’s pleasure,
Monster: One day, there was a develops a more masculine
feast. As usual, Ng’uono and Jater attitude. One day, the locusts
were not invited. From their home, come to Umuofia—they will come
they heard people singing and every year for seven years before
shouting joyfully. Suddenly, the disappearing for another
music stopped. Cries of agony generation. The village excitedly
filled the air. Curious, Jater and collects them because they are
Ng’uono came out and they saw a good to eat when cooked.
monster. They run and hid in a Ogbuefi Ezeudu, a respected
hole under a big tree and after that village elder, informs Okonkwo in
they came out and moaned as private that the Oracle has said
what they see, a destruction. that Ikemefuna must be killed. He
Meanwhile a bird came and said tells Okonkwo that because
Ng’uono was pregnant, the couple Ikemefuna calls him “father,”
remained standing and unable to Okonkwo should not take part in
understand. Few months later the boy’s death. Okonkwo lies to
Ng’uono gave birth to a baby boy Ikemefuna, telling him that they
and named Rawera. One must return him to his home
afternoon while Rawera was out village. Nwoye bursts into tears.
hunting in the forest he saw a huge
footprint. He followed the footprint
as he became tired, he sat under
the nearest tree and fall asleep.
The barking dog woke him and
heard a strong voice and as he
frightened, he walks home and did
not tell his parents what happen.
For many days he thought of the
voices and surely its not human.
So, he made spears and arrows
with poison. He also trained his
dog Sibour and grows with fierce.
Then after the satisfied preparation
they went to the forest by telling
his parents he will going to hunt.
They walk for a long and a bit
disappointed without hearing any
voice but still they continue and
then a voice called from above, the
bird. The bird landed to his
forehead scared him and tell that
those voices are monster which
ate his ancestors.
Climax The Clever Young Man and the As he walks with the men of
Monster: A grasshopper, a bird, a Umuofia, Ikemefuna thinks about
small gazelle, and an antelope was
 killed by him and thought it was the
monster. But the women said it
was not. Then finally, the clever
young man Masala Kulangwa
found Shing’weng’we, overcame
him and cut open the monster’s
stomach. Out came his father,
along with his relatives and all the
other people.
Rawera (the Comforter) and the
Monster: The bird led Rawera and
Sibuor further into the forest.
Rawera trembled at the sight
before him: many giants seated
round a big fire.Rawera frightened
what he saw but determine to kill
those monster, and the bird said
she will help Rawera. Those
monsters smelled him a meter
away, as he frightened, he turned
back and ran. But the bird said
don’t instead shoot them. He
turned, took aim, and fired his
arrows. He aimed at the palm and
monster felled. Encouraged, he
shot the monsters rapidly. Only
one remained, the biggest of them.
Rawera had only one arrow left
and let commanded his dog to
attack the monster. As the monster
picked Sibuor to swallow him,
Rawera shot him through the left
ear. The monster died.
Falling Action The Clever Young Man and the
seeing his mother. After several
hours of walking, some of
Okonkwo’s clansmen attack the
boy with machetes. Ikemefuna
runs to Okonkwo for help. But
Okonkwo, who doesn’t wish to look
weak in front of his fellow
tribesmen, cuts the boy down
despite the Oracle’s
admonishment. When Okonkwo
returns home, Nwoye deduces that
his friend is dead.
Okonkwo sinks into a depression,
neither able to sleep nor eat. He
visits his friend Obierika and
begins to feel revived a bit.
Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma falls
ill, but she recovers after Okonkwo
gathers leaves for her medicine.
The death of Ogbuefi Ezeudu is
announced to the surrounding
villages by means of the ekwe, a
musical instrument. Okonkwo feels
guilty because the last time
Ezeudu visited him was to warn
him against taking part in
Ikemefuna’s death. At Ogbuefi
Ezeudu’s large and elaborate
funeral, the men beat drums and
fire their guns. Tragedy
compounds upon itself when
Okonkwo’s gun explodes and kills
Ogbuefi Ezeudu’s sixteen-year-old
son.
Because killing a clansman is a
crime against the earth goddess,
Okonkwo must take his family into
exile for seven years in order to
atone. He gathers his most
valuable belongings and takes his
family to his mother’s natal village,
Mbanta. The men from Ogbuefi
Ezeudu’s quarter burn Okonkwo’s
buildings and kill his animals to
cleanse the village of his sin.
Okonkwo’s kinsmen, especially his
Monster: By bad luck, when he split
open the monster’s back, Masala
Kulangwa cut off the ear of an old
woman. This woman became very
angry and insulted the young man.
She tried to bewitch him. But
Masala Kulangwa found medicine
and healed the old woman.
Rawera (the Comforter) and the
Monster: The bird ordered Rawera
to cut the monster’s big toes.
When he did, all the people who
had been eaten by the monsters
came out. They were excited to be
back. They thanked Rawera.
uncle, Uchendu, receive him
warmly. They help him build a new
compound of huts and lend him
yam seeds to start a farm.
Although he is bitterly disappointed
at his misfortune, Okonkwo
reconciles himself to life in his
motherland.
During the second year of
Okonkwo’s exile, Obierika brings
several bags of cowries (shells
used as currency) that he has
made by selling Okonkwo’s yams.
Obierika plans to continue to do so
until Okonkwo returns to the
village. Obierika also brings the
bad news that Abame, another
village, has been destroyed by the
white man.
Soon afterward, six missionaries
travel to Mbanta. Through an
interpreter named Mr. Kiaga, the
missionaries’ leader, Mr. Brown,
speaks to the villagers. He tells
them that their gods are false and
that worshipping more than one
God is idolatrous. But the villagers
do not understand how the Holy
Trinity can be accepted as one
God. Although his aim is to convert
the residents of Umuofia to
Christianity, Mr. Brown does not
allow his followers to antagonize
the clan.
Mr. Brown grows ill and is soon
replaced by Reverend James
Smith, an intolerant and strict man.
The more zealous converts are
relieved to be free of Mr. Brown’s
policy of restraint. One such
convert, Enoch, dares to unmask
an egwugwu during the annual
ceremony to honor the earth deity,
an act equivalent to killing an
ancestral spirit. The next day, the
egwugwu burn Enoch’s compound

Denouement The Clever Young Man and the
Monster: Then, all the people
declared the young man chief and
raised him up in the Chief’s Chair.
Masala Kulangwa became the
chief of the whole world and his
mother became the Queen Mother.
Rawera (the Comforter) and the
Monster: They all walked to the
valley where Rawera and his
parents lived. Jater and Ng’uono
were happy to see all the people of
the village. After listening to
Rawera’s story, everybody was
proud of him. They made him
chief. All villagers then respected
Ng’uono and Jater.
Plot The Clever Young Man and the
Monster: There's a monster who eats all
the people and even animals in the world
but expect for a pregnant woman. Later
on, the woman gave birth to a boy named
Masala Kulangwa. The boy grows up and
got curious about why is it that there just
two of them and where are the other
people. There goes his mother explained
everything that happens in that day. She
told him that there was a monster who
swallowed everyone and it was just his
mom who got left while he was still in her
stomach. From then on, the boy started
finding the monster. He mistakenly killed
and Reverend Smith’s church to
the ground.
The District Commissioner is upset
by the burning of the church and
requests that the leaders of
Umuofia meet with him. Once they
are gathered, however, the leaders
are handcuffed and thrown in jail,
where they suffer insults and
physical abuse.
After the prisoners are released,
the clansmen hold a meeting,
during which five court
messengers approach and order
the clansmen to desist. Expecting
his fellow clan members to join him
in uprising, Okonkwo kills their
leader with his machete. When the
crowd allows the other
messengers to escape, Okonkwo
realizes that his clan is not willing
to go to war.
When the District Commissioner
arrives at Okonkwo’s compound,
he finds that Okonkwo has hanged
himself. Obierika and his friends
lead the commissioner to
the body. Obierika explains that
suicide is a grave sin; thus,
according to custom, none of
Okonkwo’s clansmen may touch
his body.
The story is about how Okonkwo leads to
an lgbo community. It tells about how
Okonkwo is worried to his lazy son that
might turned out into being a failure like
Unoka. And he finds Ikemefuna, an ideal
son of him. The boy started calling
Okonkwo father but Okonkwo does not
show any affection on him. Okonkwo also
accuses his youngest wife so he beat her
up. Ikemefuna stay at Okonkwo family
for three years. And day comes, locusts
come out which can only be seen every
seven years. The people collects them be
because they are good to eat when
cooked. And a respected village elder told
 innocent living things until he saw Okonkwo that Ikemefuna must be killed
Shing'weng'we, the monster. He killed the because it is seen in the oracle. He told to
monster by cutting its head and opens the Okonkwo because he was the closest to
monster stomach and to find out that the the boy. So Okonkwo lied to the boy and
people it eats are still alive. By that said that there are going to visit his
incident he became a Chief. village. And in their way, clansmen
Rawer (the Comforter) and the attacked Ikemefuna. The boy asked help
Monster: There are two people who both to his father but Okonkwo cuts the bot
does not have friends ended up being down. Okonkwo got depressed and his
married. There are being disregarded in children starts being ill but got recovered.
all occasions in their village because of He got guilty of everything so he gathered
how they look. One day, a big celebration his family to exile. On his recovery,
come. As usual they are not invited. another village was destroyed by white
People outside are laughing and enjoying missionaries. And the village already got
the occasion until the music stop. People throne by the missionaries. Mr. Brown,
are crying and shouting. The lovers got the leader got ill so he got replaced by
curious so they got out only to find out another one. Okonkwo makes a move and
that there was a monster eating up the kills the leader but got nothing back up
people. They both run and hid in a hole from his clansmen. So he hanged himself
under a big tree and waits until the outside and what he did is a sin and no clansmen
become silent. And they came out only to of him can touch hi
find out destruction. A bird came to their
direction and told that Ng'uono is
pregnant. Then months later, she gave
birth and named it to Rawera. One
afternoon, Rawera went out and in his
way of exploring, he saw big footprints so
he followed it and got tired so he sleeps.
The dogs barks at him and hears
frightening voices. He walks home and
did not tell his parents what happened.
Instead he made an arrows with poison
and spears and trained his dog to become
fierce. And when he is satisfied to his
preparation he then told his parent to go
hunt in the forest. He got disappointed at
first but a bird helped him to get to know
where the monster are. He saw them and
got frightened and already runs back but a
bird stops him and told him to shot. And
he did until only one monster was left. He
orders his dog to go to the monster to get
its attention then he shot the monster to its
left ear. He killed the monster and cuts the
big toes of the monster and there he saves
the people.
Purpose The story tells about braveness. It It was created to educate readers
tells that we must become strong about the culture of African and on
and make ourselves be brave in how valuable it is to them. The
everything we do and face in life. story gives the reader an
We must always remember that
courage have always been with us.
And also, bad livings never win
and always the good ones who got
the victory.
understandings about the society
of lgbo before the invasion of the
white missionaries' on their own
land.