If the ropes are pulled taunt, how many knots do you get

Hardworking is more important than talent - speech

In the book Things fall apart I need to determine the predicted theme and have four example of that theme. The example I was give was A parent cannot control the destiny of their child, they may only influence it.

If a man don't have a mouth to eat food. How can he survive with it?

What last thoughts does Beowulf express as he is dying?

Which type of irony is being used in this piece of text? "Unfortunately, the discovery was almost always made on a Sunday. Thus a whole day was lost before the machinery of pursuit could be set in motion.