From the novel; Arrow of God
This question is based on Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God
”’It is good for a misfortune like this to happen once in a while,’he said, ‘so that we can know the thoughts of our friends and neighbours. Unless the wind blows we do not see the fowl’s rump.”
The ‘misfortune’ referred to in this extract was the
- misunderstanding between Akueke and her husand
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outrage which Oduche committed against the sacred python
- sending away of Ezeulu's sons to worship the whiteman's God
- ominous vist of Ezeulu's in-laws to his compound