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Again told about Waiyaki’s eyes: â€Å"strong and resolute look†, â€Å"evil glitter† -Waiyaki and Chege go to the hills together. -Waiyaki excited – passing of experience from one generation to the other -Learn about the importance of nature: can both heal and poison -Nature brings son and father closer. -Waiyaki feels important, loved, in awe of his father. -The mysterious tree: â€Å"ancient, holy, sacred, huge† -Waiyaki impressed by the immensity of the land, intimidated by nature’s greatness and beauty. Chapter 5: Son and father contemplate nature’s beauty. -Chege warns his son about the white men. -Waiyaki is scared but doesn’t have the courage to tell his father to stop teling him those ancient stories. -Waiyaki is told about Mugo’s prophecy: â€Å" a savior will come from the hills† -Waiyaki along with kinuthia and kamau go to Siriana to learn the wisdom of the white men. -Due to his quick progress, the whi te men saw waiyaki as a possible future Christian leader. We will write a custom essay sample on The River Between Summary Chapters or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Chapter 6: -Nyambura and her smaller sister Muthoni are Christians whose father Joshua had been converted. Muthoni tells her sister that she wants to get circumsized, causing the latter’s shock (Nyambura considers this practice as non Christian and barbaric) -They both know that Joshua will never allow it. -Muthoni’s reason: to become a real woman, to be initiated into womanhood, the white man’s God does not satisfy her. -Nyambura does not understand her sister but does not discourage her, instead, helps her to find a place to go. -As the 2 girls go back home, Muthoni drops her water barrel which rolls down back to the Honia river: symbolizes something bad is going to happen. Chapter 7: -Joshua was one of the first to be converted to the new faith and he feared the anger of his friends who felt betrayed. -Joshua did not approve of female circumcision which he considered a sin. -The Kameno people blamed Joshua for the more frequent visits of the white men. Chapter 8: -After the prayers at the church, Muthoni is found missing. -Miriamu, her mother searches for her everywhere following Joshua’s orders but in vain. -Nyambura tells her parents about Muthoni’s plan of getting circumsized at Kameno. Joshua asks Nyambura to go to their aunt;s place at Kameno to bring back Muthoni. He also adds that if she does not come back, he won’t consider her as her daughter anymore. -The next day, Nyambura, back from her aunt’s place announces that her sister would not come back. Joshua feels ashamed as his own daughter has brought an everlasting disgrace to him and his house. -From that day, Muthoni â€Å"ceased to exist for him† Chapter 9 : -It is the harvest period. -We learn of the great famine that attacked the whole Gikuyu land. This was the time Chege warned the people of the arrival of the white men and that Joshua and Kabonyi were converted. -Sense of conflict between christain religion and the Gikuyu rites and way of life (circumscision) -Chege feared that his son would fail the prophecy and be contaminated by the new cult. -Chege followed attentively the progresss, growth and behavior of his son. The latter was doing well in Siriana and was to be circumcised this season. -The news had spread all over the hills about Mutnoni’s circumscision and Waiyakim did not understand her decision. He was shocked by the fact she had run away from her father (he would never be able to disobey his father) -Waiyaki could not concentrate on the circumcision rituals anda dances as his mind was still preoccupied with Muthoni’s forbidden act. -Waiyaki talks to Muthoni but cannot understand the reason behind her act. Chapter 10: -Waiyaki feels the effects of the circumcision. -All the initiates sat along the banks of Honia river waiting for the surgeon. -Chege was very proud of his son as he was receiving compliments from everywhere on how Waiyaki had emerged from the whole experience despite having stayed with the white men for so long. Muthoni’s wounds had not recovered like all the other girls. -Muthoni was still suffering one week later while all the others resumed their normal lives. -Waiyaki wanted to meet Nyambura to talk about Muthni’s bad condition. Nyambura wept when hearing the news and went to see her sister immediately. -Nyambura’s visits became more and more frequent as were those of Waiyaki. -Muthoni’s condition kept on worsening and she was brought to the Siriana hospital by Waiyaki. -On that same day, Nyambura tells her mother the whole story.