Aman is in court for killing his wife. in the closing statements the man’s lawyer surprises everyone when he announces “his wife was just missing. everyone look at those doors. his wife is going to walk in those doors in about 30 seconds.” the entire court is silent and the jury stares at the door as the lawyer and the defendant stare at them. after a couple of minutes the lawyer says “see! if you were so sure he killed his wife, you wouldn’t be watching that door! ”
the jury goes into deliberation and comes back almost immediately with a guilty verdict. why did the jury convict him?

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.