Due: A Block: Friday, 11/26
B Block: Thursday, 11/25
1. Why did Nhamo and her family go to see the Muvaki?
2. What was the Muvaki's diagnosis?
3. A Scapegoat is a goat that historically was loaded with bad omens and sins and sent out into the desert to perish (die). Nowadays, it is known as the practice of singling out a person, a race, a religious group, a country or an employee for negative treatment. For example, if a TEAM loses a soccer game but they blame one person, he or she has become the scapegoat. They put all the mistakes they made onto one person and blamed that individual for the loss of the team.
With this in mind, and viewing the picture below, how has Nhamo become the Scapegoat?
4. Mozambique was a colony of the Portugese. Usually one gets negative representations of colonial powers, but how are the Portugese represented in this novel. Why do you believe the author does this?
5. The Portugese Trader joked about the Muvaki on pages 64-65, but what does this say about his true views of this man?
6. Do you believe in magic? If so, explain why. If not, how did the Muvuki logically know the information about Nhamo's family? The book has the answers...there are no incorrect responses...just do your best to support your opinion.
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ReplyDelete1. They went to see the muvuki to know what had happened in Nhamo's village (people dying and stuff).
ReplyDelete2. He was dropping four sticks to determine what was the disease, he tried it twice and if the sticks fell in the same way twice it meant that, that disease was the correct one.
3. Nhamo is the scapegoat because, even though she wasn't the murderer of Gore Mtoko but, she needs to pay the consequence by marrying with the brother of Gore Mtoko to be his junior wife.
4. One idea is so there is kind of a point to be in the trading spot and also not to show the clashes of countries. Another idea was that so the Portuguese gets information and later on he could use it in a bad way.
5. That he also thinks he is weird or crazy. Maybe also that he is a freak that doesn't care about humans (a murderer).
6. Well I'm not sure if ghosts are magic but if ghosts are then yes if no then no. So, if it is yes because my family has encountered some sort of ghost/ paranormal actions. For the muvuki "magic" I disagree with it because the sticks could just luckily fall on the ground the same way again. Also maybe ghosts could be summoned by him with a horoscope kind of object.
1. Because people wanted to know what disease they had
ReplyDelete2. He dropped his stick, which was furtune telling, and figured out what disease it was.
3. Muvuki told people that Nhamo has to marry Gore to stop the disease even though it wasn't her fault.
4. In this novel Portugese have no conflict with other people. I think taht author did this because of the flow of the story
5. When we see Trader making jokes about Muvuki, we can see that the Trader underrates Muvuki.
6. If I was in that time, I would have believed in magic because there is no way Muvuki was able to know every single people's name without using his witch power.
B4 Literature
Kyong Yong Kim
1. They went to see what diseases were caused in Nhamo's village.
ReplyDelete2. Muvaki told the future by dropping sticks on the floor. He told the future about what kind of diseases were caused.
3. She had to marry Gore Mtoko because her brother killed Gore Mtoko's brother; so as a consequence, she had too.
5.I think he wants to cheer up Nhamo with jokes
6.Yes because I've seen lots of magic shows so I do believe in magic. hahaha.
1. Because the villagers wanted to know what disease that everyone was catching.
ReplyDelete2. He dropped the sticks to figure out the disease, and that is a fortune telling tip in Nhamo's village. But I think it isn't accurate at all.
3. Nhamo was the scapegoat in this situation, (because she got blamed) she was blamed that she had kill Gore so for a punishment, Nhamo needs to marry Gore's brother.
4. The Portugese isn't harmful, although Mozambique was a colony of the Portugese.
5. When the trader joked about muvuki, the trader makes fun of muvuki because his methods are strange and crazy.
6. I don't believe in magic, nor witchcraft, etc. I might've believed in magic and of that stuff if it was in the time of this novel because we don't have a lot of evidence of if there is magic or not in the early days. But I think I won't believe in Muvuki's theory because its too outrageous and random.
1. They went to see Muvaki because they wanted to know what the disease was.
ReplyDelete2.The person used the hakata which was fortune telling sticks.
3.Nhamo is a scapegoat because maybe she had to marry a guy who she doesn't really know, and also she got blamed that she killed Gore.
4.I think in the novel the Portugese are nice.
5.I think the trader doesn't really like the man or maybe the trader thinks the man is crazy.
6. I don't really believe magic, I think the Muvuki's fortune telling is not accurate.
1)Nhamo's people decided to go to muvaki, because a lot of people in their village had been dying.
ReplyDelete2)He dropped the sticks which tell him the truth and future. Also he did it twice to know for sure.Actually those stick weren't telling anything, because muvuki was just fooling people.
3) She became a scapegoat, because before she was born, her father killed Gore. From that time on she isn't treated in a nice way even inside her own family. She is actually blamed for that even though she didn't kill anybody.
4)Portugese are represented as very rich and graceful people. Also they are described from villagers view, so in the book they seem to be so powerful and misterious. Probably there is something going to happen, where Portugese will be so different in villagers opinion. Portugese want to make this first impression so people will believe them.
5) It shows us that this man doesn't trust muvuki at all and thinks he is just good at fooling people.
6)I might believe in magic but not in this case. Even though the book setting happens around 1980-90s, those people like Nhamo are still not used to be fooled by somebody. Nhamo and her family were so desperate about the disease in their village, so they would ask anyone for help. It's very easy to know how muvuki knew everything about Nhamo. He probably has his own people who spy on others and get the information. Also when Grandmother went to the bar and got drunk she told a lot about herself to the person she met first time in her life.
1) Because they wanted to see what kind of disease people had.
ReplyDelete2) Muvaki told the future by dropping stickes, and figured out what kind of disease people were getting.
3) Nhamo needed to marry Gore Mtoko because Nhamo's brother killed Gore Mtoko's brother.
4) I didn't get the question.
5) I think the trader wanted to cheer Nhamo up with his jokes.
6) I don't believe in magic now, but if I was a character in that story, I think I would have believed in magic because Muvuki knew information about Nhamo's family.
A1 Literature
Katarina Kurosawa
1. Nhamo and her family went to the muvuki because suddenly people started dying. They wanted to know if it was witchcraft.
ReplyDelete2. Muvuki dropped four sticks called hakata to determine who was responsible.
3. Nhamo became the scrapegoat because even though Gore died before she was even born she has to become Gore's brother's wife just because she was the daughter of the murderer. Nhamo was also treated differently than other villagers even though she wasn't actually the murderer.
4. The Portugese are represented as nice people who helped Grandmother in this book.
5. I think the trader joked because he did not believe in witchcraft and because he didn't actually care if Grandmother is safe or not. I think the trader is just helping Grandmother because he has a lot of money.
6. I don't believe in magic much, and muvuki might had spies or was just guessing. When Grandmother went to the bar she told about Nhamo's father to people she doesn't even know. Muvuki or his spies might have been listening at the bar.
Anna Ishii
A2 Literature
1) The people wanted to know what disease they had, that was killing everyone, and they wanted to see what was causing it.
ReplyDelete2) He drops the sticks and that tells him the truth and future. He did it twice to know for sure. The truth is, it that those sticks weren't telling anything, because muvuki was just fooling people.
3)The reason Nhamo became the scrapegoat is because even though Gore died before she even before she was born. She has to become the wife of Gores' brother, and its just because she was the daughter of the murderer. She was also treated differently from the other villagers even though she wasn't actually the murderer.
4) The Portugese people are known as very rich and graceful people. Also they are described from villagers view, so in the book they seem to be so powerful and misterious. Probably there is something going to happen, where Portugese will be so different in villagers opinion. Portugese want to make this first impression so people will believe them.
5) I think that the trader didn't believe in witchcraft, and doesn't care if the grandma's safe or not.
6) I don't actually believe magic in this case, I still don't believe it. Even though the book setting happens around 1980-90s, those people like Nhamo are still not used to be fooled by somebody. Nhamo and her family were so desperate about the disease in their village, so they could ask anyone for help. It's very easy to know how muvuki knew everything about Nhamo. He probably has his own people who spy on her and others and get the information. Also when Grandmother went to the bar and got drunk she told a lot about herself to the person she met first time in her life.
Kai Izumi
Literature A2
1. They went to Nhamo's city to see what's happening by the disease.
ReplyDelete2. He dropped a stick and that told what the disease is.
3. Muvuki said that Gore with Nhamo even though she didnt do anythin wrong.
4. Portugese had all the information to use it later when they needed.
5. He thinks that he is sstupid himself because he killed people.
6. I don't beileve magic because they dont have avidence and it might be stick being lucky. It might be ghost doing though.
1. Nhamo and her relatives went to see the Muvuki because they wanted to find out the cause of the villagers death and it was the witches/spirits
ReplyDelete2.Muvuki drops his sticks and tell what disease it was when the stick he dropped fells in the same direction twice.
3.I think Nhamo became a scapegoat because the death of Gore Mtoko wasn’t Nhamos fault but the Muvuki said to marry Gore Mtoki’s brother.
4.In the novel, the Portugese are pretty kind and wealthy. Maybe they’ll start acting different later on in the story because they are acting really nice to Nhamo and grandmother, helping them from her evil relatives.
5.The trader joked that Muvaki was just a insane man who said noncommittal things about diseases.
6.I don’t really believe in magic nor witchcrafts but I think it would be pretty cool if it really existed. I think the Muvuki’s theory about the sticks arn’t too accurate and its answer can be random.
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ReplyDeleteThey went to see the muvaki because they thought that it was a spirit who made many people die.
ReplyDeleteThe Muvaki said that Nhamo would have to marry the brother of the guy who got killed.
Nhamo is the scapegoat because her father killed the guy and Nhamo's father ran away. They think that the guy's spirit was the cause of the sickness. so the witchdoctor told Nhamo to marry his brother.
The Portuguese man showed respect to grandmother.
Probably the portuguese doesn't believe in
the Muvaki.
I do not believe in magic. Probably the muvaki found out about Nhamo because grandmother told everything the day before when she was drinking beer with the portuguese.
1. They went to Muvaki to see what is happening to people there and to know about disease.
ReplyDelete2. He figured out about future and the truth by droping the stick on the floor, and he repeated twice. I think its all bullshit, because simply no one can figure out about the future just by droping the stick. Its too foolish.
3. Nhamo was scapegoat and blamed because people thought that she was the one who killed Gore even though she did not. And because of that she had to marry Gore's brother.
4. The view of the Portugese in this story is showned as a powerful and nice people, but i think their kindness and powerfulness have to do something later on the story.
5. I think he was joking with Nhamo to make her chil out because she was thinking about her grandmother too much.
6. In real life I dont believe in magic at all. I think in the story people were not that smart to know the difference between magic and fooling, its too easy for Muvuki to find out the informations about Nhamo's family by asking people around or spy around her. They were just simply fooled.
1. Because many people in the village died and they wanted to figure out what diseases that were.
ReplyDelete2. He used dropping sticks. He dropped 4 sticks and when it went to same way, it meant that disease was correct.
3. Her marriage made her as a scapegoat. There wasn't any Nhamo's fault, but others said she should marry with Gore Mtoko.
4. They didn't do any bad things to other people.
5. I think the trader joked. He didn't care about the grandmother's health.
6. For me, I'm so so, but when I was in the book, I would believed. Muvuki already knew about Nhamo and her family.
Literature A2
Seonji Kim
lit A1
ReplyDeletelyu hiroyama
1.because they wanted to know the reason people in the village is dying.
2.By dropping the stick on the floor, and he predicted the future.
3.She became a scape goat because of her father. Her father murdered Gore Mtoko, and was treted differently by the other vilagers.
4.even though mozambique was the colony of portugal, the portugal didnt show any violence, or do any bad things.I think the author does it because maybe in the book later, portugal might attack and stuff.
5. its possible that the man wanted to cheer nhamo up, but I mostly think that he was just making fun of her.
6.I dont believe magics and witchcrafts unless it happens in front of me.
1 because the family wanted to know what was causing the disease
ReplyDelete2 He dropped a stick to the ground and he pridicted the future
3 i think nhamo is a scapegoat because of her father.
4 i think they are nice in the biggining but i think some things are going to happen later in the story.
5 i think the trader was making fun of nhamo
6 i dont believe any magic any witchcraft unless i see it with my very eyes.
not to be rude but i dont like pink
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not to be rude but i dont like pink
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1. Because people wanted to know what kind of disease that they had.
ReplyDelete2. He dropped his stick, which was fortune telling, and told a future.
3. Muvuki forced Nhamo to marry with Gore to stop the disease even it wasn't Nhamo's fault. 4. Portugese had conflicts between African soldiers because Aferican soldiers thought that they were being against of their authority.
5. We can see that underrates Muvuki when they make fun of Muvuki.
6. Yes because I've seen lots of magic shows so I do believe in magic.
panda96 is Han Lee
ReplyDelete1. Nhamo and her family went to see the Muvuki because they wanted to know about the disease that had killed many people.
ReplyDelete2. The Muvuki's diagnosis was made by dropping 4 sticks to the ground.
3. Nhamo was blamed and forced to marry with an unknown person.
4. In the novel, Portuguese was a trading country.
5. That part explains that Muvuki is thought as a crazy person.
6. I don't believe on magic. Magics all have some kind of tricks and if people learn that tricks, anyone could do magics. I think Muvuki knew about Nhamo's family by looking at papers about her family that is kept at the village office.
Ifumi Sato
A2 Lit
1. They wanted to know what kind of diseases they had because the villagers were dying.
ReplyDelete2. What Muvaki did was he dropped sticks two times on the floor that was called hakata. But it wasn't the truth so he was just fooling people.
3. Nhamo became a scape goat becuase her father was a murdurer. So she had to marry Gore's brother.
4. I think the Portuguese are nice.
5. I think the trader was joking because he did not believe in witchcraft. Also he didn't really care if the Grandmother is safe of not.
6. I don't really believe in magic because Muvaki's magic doesn't sound accurate.
1) They wanted to know why many people died, and wanted to know what disease have killed them.
ReplyDelete2) Muvaki brought a fortune stick called hakata, and dropped the sticks to the floor, and told the future (which was not true)
3) Nhamo was the scapegoat, because they have blamed that the Nhamo have killed Gore. Here punishment was to marry Gore's brother.
4) The Portugese did not harm anyone, and did not do anything wrong in this chapters.
5)My prediction about Portuguese joking about the Muvaki is that, they wanted to make Nhamo feel better to chill and rest because she was phisically in danger.
6) I believe in magic. It is my opinion, but the reason i believe in magic is that, this life is boring with out imagination.
1) They went to see muvuki because they wanted to know what was happening to their village and about the disease.
ReplyDelete2)he droped the stick to predict the disease. If it landed in the same place twice, it meant that the stick was right.
3) Nhamo was the scrapegoat because eventhough she didnt kill Gore Mtoko, she was blamed and had to marry Gores brother. The people started to ignore her and was blamed for everything.
4) the Portugese are pretty nice in this novel. I think the author did this to show how the Portugese change. From my perspective, I think the Portugese will change alot at the end.
5) The trader was joking around cause he was messing with Muvuki. This showed that the trader didn't believe his power and thought he was crazy.
6) No I do not believe in magic. In the novel, Muvuki was not using magic, everything he did was actually a lie. He had people like spies to gather information. Every magic has a background to it.
Hyun Ryung Yoo
ReplyDeleteA1
1. People in village had to find out what is the disease.
2.He uses this stick and he can predict future with it.
3.Nhamo became a scapegoat because of what her father has done(murder).
4.Usually colonier country doesn't do any good thing to colony country but in this novel (at least untill this chapter) portugese are very nice.
5.Because Nhamo was talking crazy about whichcraft so the trader said that joke to fool Nhamo.
6.I believe in magic. Doesn't matter if it's a trick or fake if you have believed that and if that trick or whatever has changed you then that's a magic. or tell me what is purpose of magic I can say it's not just a trick if the thing can actually do something then that's a magic
1.Nhamo and her family went to see the Muvaki because they were curious why people had been dying.
ReplyDelete2.To figure out what disease they had, he dropped four sticks, which was a fortune telling tip in Nhamo’s village.
3.Nhamo is the scapegoat because, she was blamed that she had killed Gore so she has to marry Gore’s brother. The actual fact, Gore was killed by Nhamo’s father which makes her the daughter of the murderer.
4.The Portugese are wealthy and nice, but later on they might change into something not really nice
5.The trader thinks his ‘unique’ as in crazy, when he jokes about muvuki.
6.Yes to a point. If the magician can prove that it was just a trick and that he didn’t have someone on the side helping him/her then I believe in magic of the mind.
1)Because they wanted to know why the people dying in the village.
ReplyDelete2)Muvuki dropped his sticks and told what disease it was.
3)Nhamo became the scrapegoat is because Gore died before she born. She has to be Gore's brother's wife.
4)Portugese are very nice and they are helping each others.
5)I think that the trader didn't believe and he didn't care about the grandmother.
6)I don't believe Magic because it must have some tricks so i think if you learn it then you can do tricky magic.
If I was in that story, I believed in Magic because Muvuki knew about Nhamo's family.
1. They went to Muvuki because they wanted to know what disease it was.
ReplyDelete2. Muvuki dropped four sticks and figured out what disease it was.
3. Nhamo was a scapegoat because she got blamed that she had killed Gore even she didn’t do it and so she had to marry Gore’s brother.
4. The Portuguese are nice and kind to Nhamo and grandmother.
5. I think the trader wanted to cheer up Nhamo but I think he also wanted to make fun of Nhamo.
6. If I was in the time, I would have believed in magic and also witchcraft because I think I didn’t really know what it was.
Anna Otake
A1 lit
1 they went to muvuki so they could find out what the disease was.
ReplyDelete2 Muvuki droped four sticks so he could find out what the diesease was.
3 Nhamo was a scape goat because she thought she was the one who killed gore so she had to marry his brother.
4 The portugese were very nice and caring for Nhamo and her Grandmother.
5 The trader wanted to tease Nhamo But i think he also wanted to make Nhamo fell welcomed.
6 I dont believe in Macgic but I do Wish That It was real. I think that muvuki is just making the things up. He does not have actual powers but he just guesses. It might be real though. If He could "talk to spirits" it would be cool!
1 they all wanted to know why people in the village was dying.
ReplyDelete2 Muviki droped 4 sticks so that he can find what the disease was all about.
3 She got blamed that she was the murder even she wasn't so she had to marry gore's brother
4 portugese is a trading country
5 I think the trader didn't really care about Abuya
6 I do not think that magic is real because there is no such thing as magic... same as santa right? fairy tales? that's same as magic :)
1. They went to Muvuki so they can find out what disease was.
ReplyDelete2. Muvuki dropped 4 sticks, so they can find out all about disease.
3. Gore was died before Nhamo is born.
4. In the novel, Protugese were caring for Nhamo and her Grandmother.
5. Muvuki was trader jokes to Nhamo.
6. I didn't believe that magic is real because is not true. In tv show or movie you saw a magic that really not real.