Arrow of God

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for exhibiting a high moral standard of behavior towards the girl who is yet to be his wife, during her first visit at his place, `... he looked upon her again it surprised him greatly that he had been able to let her go "untouched" during her last visit' (11.37). As an Igbo custom demands the bride visits the groom before they are legally joined together. Faced with such an opportunity, Obika had exercised self-control despite being known to be an irresponsible person to the extent that his father never trusted him nor took sides with him in any case (11.75). He is considered to be wild.

Moreover, Obika is able to praise himself as it is not easy to resist such a temptation at his age coupled with his handsomeness which is the admiration of the entire village women. As it can be seen when he is having good time with some of his friends when one of them asks if his new bride has yet to come back to visit his house a second time after her first visit and Obika admits it's ...

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culture. Jayalakshmi and Visakhapatnam in their `African postcolonial Literature in English in the postcolonial web - culture through Language in the Novels of Chinua Achebe', notes that; `according to the Igbo culture, a good speaker is he who uses language, with skill and wisdom. For the Igbos, the core of conservation is the appropriate use of proverb. They believe that "proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten". This means that in order to claim that you speak Igbo language perfectly; you need to demonstrate the art of proverbs or rather idiomatic expressions.

It is also noted that "Achebe's characters make use of idiomatic expressions to make their arguments forceful ...

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