Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Chapter 31
- Olanna is worried about Ugwu dissappearance.
- Old package from Mohammed with spplies (containing soap, underwear, and chocolate).
- Militia members repressing people.
- Mama Oji warns Olanna about Alice (saboteur).
- Olanna admiration for Alice turns to jealousy and dislike.
- Mrs. Muokelo has lost her faith in Biafra.
- Mrs. Muokelu, warns olanna to find petrol for her car, as Umuahia may fall.
- Olanna gets drunk and sharpened his mind, and given him confidence, but here it makes him silent
and depressed.
- Kainene tells Olanna that Ugwu has died. Which was not true
- One day a man comes to see Alice and says that he is from her hometown, and he tells how the
“vandals” captured it weeks before.
- The next few days pass in a blur. Odenigbo stays home and takes care of Baby, and Olanna sleeps on
a mat outside
- Olanna and odenigbo speaks to each other only about necessities.
- Olanna wakes up to the sound of shelling. She and Odenigbo hurry to the car, but it won’t start.
- They reach Kainene’s house in Orlu and unpack their things.
- Olanna tries to protect Baby.
- Kainene asks Olanna why she was always so eager to please their parents.
- Olanna refuses to worry about Odenigbo, but she worries about Baby and the other children.
- Kainene tries to start a garden.
- Olanna and Kainene walk home together, discussing Odenigbo and the war.
- Dr. Nwala arrives to say that Okeoma has been killed.
- Olanna starts to scream and she grabs at Odenigbo. They enter their room and have grief-stricken
sex.
- Olanna feels a “sad and unsettling peace.”