Dr. Ramirez
Things Fall Apart

What impact does Chielo have on the narrative?
She has authority
She has control over the clan--including the elders-- in so far as she represents Agbala's will
She overrules male authority, but at the same time, she elicits sympathy from Okonkwo
She can summon the wrath of the spirit world
She has a dual identity--seems to have a supernatural strength
She rides the boundary between what is real and what the Ibo believe in--she occupies both worlds--something that her counterparts cannot do.
She oscillates between being a mother figure and a tyrant

Sample student analytical response and its revision.
Chielo tells the people of Umuofia that they have to kill Ikemefuna and the clan does what they are told. Chielo also demands to take Ezinma away without her mothers permission.  I think the clan will do anything that she says so in a way the elders do not run the clan but Chielo does. The elders have no say over what she commands. It is kind of odd for one person (especially) a women in that time to have so much control over a village of approx. 100 people.
(original)

Chielo tells the people of Umuofia that they have to kill Ikemefuna; the clan obeys her. Chielo also demands that Ezinma go away with her.  The clan will do anything that the Priestess says; in a way, the elders do not run the clan, but Chielo does. The elders do not question her commands. Oddly, one person--a woman--has great control over a village of approximately 1111 people.
(revision)