Why is it ironic okonkwo propose to use violence to deal with the newconvert to the white man's religion? a. doing so would make okonkwo just like the father he has always hadb. doing so would violate the very custom okonkwo is trying to preserve. c. okonkwo has always preached nonviolent solutions to the clan's problems. d. okonkwo knows his people is no match for the white man's military might.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.