Tierra Encantada Charter School discussion

One of the most famous lines in the novel is "proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten." What does this mean? Palm oil is a rich yellow oil pressed from the fruit of certain palm trees and used both for fuel and cooking. Look for other proverbs as you read.

I think that the Umuofia use proverbs in there language to give wisdom to the young and to show that their intelligent. Also they could be using them to make there language more interesting. In a way proverbs make the words go down a bit easier. This makes the sentence flow smoothly and helps the information easier to understand.

I think that Umofia would use proverbs to express there lanuage more and make the words they said a bit more interesting then it was.I also think that they would use proverbs to teach the children to say somthing with more streangth.

The proverb used says that proverbs make the conversation better. The conversation is seasoned with he proverbs to make it taste better. Proverbes make the entire conversation more interesting.

I think they would use Proverbs to express how they would feel or what they weren't allowed to say. They might also just use them as a way of their language.

The saying means that proverbs are used to spice up the conversation like palm oil os used to spice up a meal

The reason why Umofia used proverbs was to make the text more interesting for the readers. Also to give the readers more information about what is going on with all the characters in the setting. Umofia could also used proverbs to express his feelings about the text. “Proverbs do more than express a general truth or a universal belief. Each in its own way adds a tiny bit more to our understanding of the world’s linguistic and cultural diversity, and thus helps us grasp more fully what it means to be human.” (wordlily.com/2008/09/29/proverbs-abou...)

Umofia uses proverbs in the text to make it more interesting for the one reading. They use it to make the conversation more flavorful one might say.

he is using proverbs to make the text more appealing for the reader. just like you would use palm oil to make a meal more appealing .

I think they use proverbs to make the conversation interesting and flavorful, like Molly said. Palm oil is used as a base like butter when you cook eggs. proverbs are like the base in their culture.

I think this means that proverbs are like palm oil to the Umuofia because they are used to make things easier to understand as palm oil is used to make things taste better.

Proverbs are loke the dessert of the diner they are used to make the coversation better like the flavor of the dessert

This proverb is used in a way so that it can be better understood. The people would use palm oil to cook. It was sort of the main thing they used when cooking their food. So by saying proverds are like palm oil one is saying that proverbs are the main part of a story or body of words.

I think this means that proverbs flavor words like palm oil flavors food.

It means that proverbs make important lessons /topics/stories/ easier to understand, and that proverbs or "palm oil" are important to a conversation or "meal". For example, a proverb like "the early bird catches the worm", is a phrase that will simplify the point(do things early to reap the rewards) and make the proverb catchy and easily remembered. If someone told me that I should "do stuff early to get a reward", I would forget it almost immediately and never think of it again. That Is why proverbs are our important. I disagree with Zane's entry, because the only things he really says is that proverbs make conversation better and more interesting. What do "better" and "interesting" mean?

Scratch the "our" before "important".

I have to agree with Kai, proverbs are a way to make morals/lessons easier to understand and they are very important to a conversation. The quote means that like palm oil, proverbs are a way to cook up a conversation."Having spoken plainly so far, Okoye said the next half a dozen sentences in proverbs. Among the Ibo the art if conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten. Okoye was a great talker.." This part of the text is very important to support the idea of proverbs, the first sentence says "Having spoken plainly so far, Okoye said the next half a dozen sentences in proverbs." so this means that proverbs are regarded as a form of intelligence and wisdom, they use proverbs to sound sophisticated, sound more interesting, and to earn respect with their way of words that almost sounds poetic.

Vanessa wrote: "I have to agree with Kai, proverbs are a way to make morals/lessons easier to understand and they are very important to a conversation. The quote means that like palm oil, proverbs are a way to coo..."

I agree with Vanessa and Kai. I dont think they use proverbs to spice up a converstion, but more as way to understand or remember things. In Ibo its very respectable to use many proverbs. Proverbs are like the palm oil with which the conversation/meal is served with. Proverbs make you sound wise because they're mostly used to remember life lessons or make people understand you. Like when Okonkwo said that "The Earth cannot punish me for obeying it's messenger, A child's fingers ae not scalded by a piece of hot yam it's mother put into it's palm." People also considered people who used proverbs to be great talkers such as Okoye.

I think it means that proverbs are very important in conversations. As important as eating.

Kai wrote: "It means that proverbs make important lessons /topics/stories/ easier to understand, and that proverbs or "palm oil" are important to a conversation or "meal". For example, a proverb like "the ear..."

I agree with Kai because he states everything i would of put . His response with Zane's comment makes a lot of sence because Zane doesn't fully explain what better and interesting are. From what I got from reading was they have a lot of proverbs in their language .