8/10 (44 votes) - Download Hear Free. Download Hear, a software application to improve the quality of the audio that you play on your PC. Expand the frequency range or apply 3D effects with Hear. We don't always have the best sound system available on our computer. Nevertheless, Hear is a program. The New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification provides a simple way of classifying the extent of heart failure.It places patients in one of four categories based on how much they are limited during physical activity; the limitations/symptoms are in regard to normal breathing and varying degrees in shortness of breath and/or angina. 2 Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
—W. B. Yeats, 'The Second Coming'
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Summary: Chapter 1
Among the Igbo . . . proverbs are thepalm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Okonkwo is a wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofiaclan, a lower Nigerian tribe that is part of a consortium of nineconnected villages, including Okonkwo's village, Iguedo. In hisyouth, he brought honor to his village by beating Amalinze the Catin a wrestling contest. Until his match with Okonkwo, the Cat hadbeen undefeated for seven years. Okonkwo is completely unlike hisnow deceased father, Unoka, who feared the sight of blood and was alwaysborrowing and losing money, which meant that his wife and childrenoften went hungry. Unoka was, however, a skilled flute player andhad a gift for, and love of, language.
Summary: Chapter 2
One night, the town crier rings the ogene, orgong, and requests that all of the clansmen gather in the marketin the morning. At the gathering, Ogbuefi Ezeugo, a noted orator,announces that someone from the village of Mbaino murdered the wifeof an Umuofia tribesman while she was in their market. The crowdexpresses anger and indignation, and Okonkwo travels to Mbaino todeliver the message that they must hand over to Umuofia a virginand a young man. Should Mbaino refuse to do so, the two villagesmust go to war, and Umuofia has a fierce reputation for its skillin war and magic. Okonkwo is chosen to represent his clan becausehe is its fiercest warrior. Earlier in the chapter, as he remembershis past victories, we learn about the five human heads that hehas taken in battle. On important occasions, he drinks palm-winefrom the first head that he captured. Not surprisingly, Mbaino agreesto Umuofia's terms. The elders give the virgin to OgbuefiUdo as his wife but are not sure what to do with the fifteen-year-oldboy, Ikemefuna. The elders decide to turn him over to Okonkwo forsafekeeping and instruction. Okonkwo, in turn, instructs his firstwife to care for Ikemefuna.
In addition to being a skilled warrior, Okonkwo is quitewealthy. He supports three wives and eight children, and each wifehas her own hut. Okonkwo also has a barn full of yams, a shrinefor his ancestors, and his own hut, called an obi.
Okonkwo fears weakness, a trait that he associates withhis father and with women. When Okonkwo was a child, anotherboy called Unoka agbala, which is used to referto women as well as to men who have not taken a title. Because hedreads weakness, Okonkwo is extremely demanding of his family. Hefinds his twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, to be lazy, so he beats andnags the boy constantly.
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Summary: Chapter 3
Okonkwo built his fortune alone as a sharecropper becauseUnoka was never able to have a successful harvest. When he visitedthe Oracle, Unoka was told that he failed because of his laziness.Ill-fated, Unoka died of a shameful illness, 'swelling whichwas an abomination to the earth goddess.' Those suffering from swelling stomachsand limbs are left in the Evil Forest to die so that they do notoffend the earth by being buried. Unoka never held any of the community'sfour prestigious titles (because they must be paid for), and heleft numerous debts unpaid.
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As a result, Okonkwo cannot count on Unoka's help in building hisown wealth and in constructing his obi. What'smore, he has to work hard to make up for his father's negative strikesagainst him. Okonkwo succeeds in exceeding all the other clansmenas a warrior, a farmer, and a family provider. He begins by askinga wealthy clansman, Nwakibie, to give him 400 seed yamsto start a farm. Because Nwakibie admired Okonkwo's hard-workingnature, he gave him eight hundred. One of Unoka's friends gave himanother four hundred, but because of horrible droughts and relentlessdownpours, Okonkwo could keep only one third of the harvest. Somefarmers who were lazier than Okonkwo put off planting their yamsand thus avoided the grave losses suffered by Okonkwo and the otherindustrious farmers. That year's devastating harvest left a profoundmark on Okonkwo, and for the rest of his life he considers his survival duringthat difficult period proof of his fortitude and inner mettle. Althoughhis father tried to offer some words of comfort, Okonkwo felt onlydisgust for someone who would turn to words at a time when eitheraction or silence was called for.
