"As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat."CH.1
"After the death of Ekwefi's second child, Okonkwo had gone to a medicine man, ... This man told him that the child was an ogbanje, one of those wicked children who, when they died, entered their mother's womb to be born again.... At last Ezinma was born, and although ailing she seemed determine to live." Ch. 9
My father, they have killed me!
Ch. 10
"And the egwugwu appeared. The women and children sent up a great shout and took to their heels. It was instinctive. A woman fled as soon as an egwugwu came into sight. And when, as on that day, nine of the greatest masked spirits in the clan came out together it was a terrifying spectacle."
" Unoka died of the swelling, which was an abomination to the earth goddess... He was carried to the Evil Forest and left there to die.... When they carried him away, he took with him his flute." Ch. 3