(view spoiler)[1. The novel has different levels of meaning - can you see how it works as biblical parable, historical allusion and Greek tragedy. If the last, whose hubris causes the Agwu family to be so affected?
2. Did Obembe really come back at the end of the book?
3. The book has some pretty intense scenes (e.g., Ikenna and Boja, and Obembe, Ben and Abulu) what did you think of them?
4. Did Abulu cause the events in the book to happen by his prophecy (i.e., a self-fulfilling prophecy), or do you think it rightly predicted what would happen? Obioma includes a few independent instances where Abulu's words came true.
5. Was Ikenna predisposed to believing so strongly in the prophecy? Did his metamorphosis surprise you?
6. Did you gather any insight into Nigerian life in the 1990's from the book?
7. Were Obembe and Ben justified in what they did to Abulu?
8. What do you think of their mother, Paulina Agwu? Is she a good mother?
9. What do you think of their father, James Agwu? Is he a good father?
10. Have you read Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart? Obioma mentions it a couple of times in the novel. (hide spoiler)]
2. Did Obembe really come back at the end of the book?
3. The book has some pretty intense scenes (e.g., Ikenna and Boja, and Obembe, Ben and Abulu) what did you think of them?
4. Did Abulu cause the events in the book to happen by his prophecy (i.e., a self-fulfilling prophecy), or do you think it rightly predicted what would happen? Obioma includes a few independent instances where Abulu's words came true.
5. Was Ikenna predisposed to believing so strongly in the prophecy? Did his metamorphosis surprise you?
6. Did you gather any insight into Nigerian life in the 1990's from the book?
7. Were Obembe and Ben justified in what they did to Abulu?
8. What do you think of their mother, Paulina Agwu? Is she a good mother?
9. What do you think of their father, James Agwu? Is he a good father?
10. Have you read Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart? Obioma mentions it a couple of times in the novel.
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