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| clan leader in Umuofia, hates to be like his father unoka, has 3 wives |
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| close friend, daughter marries okonkwo's son, supports okonkwo |
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| okonkwo's uncle, welcomes him when exiled, tells okonkwo to be gratfull |
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| who is the district commissioner |
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| thinks he understands them, authority figure in the white colonial village, no respect, and wants to write a book on the village |
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| outspoken, lawyer, father favorite, catches on to his affair |
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| a wife and mom, is grounded by reality because of her miscarrage, very religous |
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| who was dede married to but then later divorced? |
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| why did patria pray for trujillo |
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| it was her asking him why he is doing all of this and which no one in the novel has asked this until now |
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| what does patria believe is harder to do than fighting for what you believe in |
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| to forgive others of the wrong they have previously done |
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| the secret team fighting against trujillo |
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| a boy who journey to find enlightment and goes through many expirences that soon leads him to peace |
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| she is the one who taught siddhartha physical love and temporarily changed who he was |
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| the one who survived. helped raise her sister's children |
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| covered up his terrible dictatorship by building new hospitals, and roads. Has many wives and has complete control over everything |
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| wanted to stop seggregation in south africa but was forced to escape to india |
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| leader of the hindu side. Gained independence from Brittan |
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| leader of the muslims. wanted peace and non-violence |
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| hindus and muslims gained their own independence in.... |
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| buddha in tibet. 14th dali |
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| hotel manager who was Hutu but was not on any side. Wanted peace and did anything to get it |
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| the difference between hutu and tutsis |
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| tutsi's were more "white" and were in power. Hutus rebeled and took over the area. |
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| were originally booted out but then later rebeled and kicked the hutu's out and saved a lot of people |
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| the ferryman who told him to listen to the river. Siddhartha later became the new ferry man and could hear the river |
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| siddhartha's follower until siddhartha left him. he became a buddhist but later discovered that he was not enlightened when he saw siddhartha as a new ferryman |
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| what were some of Gandhi's political acts |
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| ripping his ID card, fasting when people would not coopporate |
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| why did india and pakistan split? |
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| because one side was hindu and the other was muslim |
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| why did Lama escape tibet? |
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| because china wants tibet for the land, which is causing a lot of violence and risks his life |
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