Important Quotes From Things Fall Apart

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Sometimes loss reveals a greater gain. Himat learned this truth by his life’s situations leading him down the difficult trail for him. Himat’s father struggled through a rare disease. The result ended in death for the lack of affectual antidotes. His mother, prior to this circumstance, died in world war two. Himat, with no other housing options for an 11 year old boy, the orphanage he traveled.
Subdued, and walking on the side of the K-43 Highway, Himat sobbed. Himat thought he could overfill a pool faster than the rain could. Thunder cracked like a massive cannon exploding reminding Himat of his mother. Himat jumped, then stopped in his tracks and sat down with no one, but himself to recount every moment with his father and mother.
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That is a risk I am not willing to take. Taking care of the family is my priority. You and Himat need the money I can provide by obeying orders.” Himat, upstairs, listened with a heartache, to his bedroom to sleep.
Later that night, Himat was in bed, when he heard ever so silent “No matter what happens to me,” encouraged his mother, “in the war, know this: I
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The second week after his arrival, Himat started his education at the orphanage. The teacher was orphanage master who had much on his to-do list. Being very busy and having many kids to teach individually, the teacher spent more time on the illiterate students. The teacher taught her kids this way because these illiterate kids would struggle learning anything else in the class or on their own for that matter. Nor did these kids have parents teach them how to read and write. Himat’s parents lived long enough to drill these reading and writing skills into him, so he wanted some challenging material. However, Himat found this

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