Most recent public comments by Henry Budd https://nowcomment.com/users/90614 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108126 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108126 “Yet, in an ironic twist, Okri suggests that perhaps such lack of morality is in fact the very basis of that freedom. In the context of war, siding with murderers and being dishonest proves to have moral currency.” (Robeson 108) Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:18:31 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108104 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108104 “As someone who may be too young to have strong political affiliations, Omovo cannot necessarily be said to be a Biafran supporter. Nevertheless, Okri writes Omovo as sympathetic to and seemingly aligned with the veiled woman” (Robeson 107-108) Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:16:23 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108082 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2108082 “In the beginning of the story, Omovo’s father tells him that during eclipses “strange things happen.” Okri suggests that the same can be said of war, by naming the story “In the Shadow of War,” thus creating a parallel between an eclipse, during which “the world goes dark,” and shadows.” (Robeson 106) Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:14:53 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100664 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100664 The description of the bodies near the woman foreshadows her death, and the addition of one more body to the pile. It also is a bit of juxtaposition of the moralities of the soldiers and the woman. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:48:21 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100621 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100621 Even though she is scarred and disfigured, she still shows extreme kindness to the group of people living outside of town, and even because she is being beaten by soldiers. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:45:18 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100577 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231990?scroll_to=2100577 The contrast between the descriptions of how many people had died that day and the announcer listing it off with a yawn. It demonstrates the causal life that war invites to those uninvolved, but not unaffected. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:41:19 +0800