OKONKWO'S FINAL ACT...THINGS HAVE TRULY FALLEN APART

WE WERE ALL SHOCKED BY THE END FOR ONKONKWO BUT MANY OF US WERE NOT SURPRISED GIVEN HIS VIOLENT PERSONALITY. AS A CONCLUSION TO THE BOOK, THINGS FALL APART, FINISH THE TAKE-HOME FINAL QUESTIONS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY! WE WILL BE STARTING A NEW BOOK ON MONDAY, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, BY HARPER LEE.

CHANGES IN UMUOFIA UPON OKONKWO'S RETURN AND THE RISE OF THE EUROPEAN INFLUENCE

CONTINUE WORKING ON ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS TO CHAPTERS 19-22. WE SEE HOW THE MISSIONARIES ARE GETTING MORE CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY AND OFFERING SERVICES SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS FOR THE IGBO PEOPLE. OKONKWO IS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE OTHER VILLAGERS DO NOT REBEL AGAINST THE MISSIONARIES AND WHITE MAN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM. HIS FRIEND STATES THAT THEIR INFLUENCE IS GROWING BECAUSE THE KINSHIP BOND OF THE PEOPLE IS LOOSENING. OKONKWO WANTS THE PEOPLE TO GATHER THEIR WEAPONS AND DRIVE THE WHITE MEN OUT, BUT THE OTHER VILLAGERS DON'T AGREE WITH HIM. hE SEES THEM AS "FEMININE'.

OVERVIEW OF ONKONKWO'S EXILE AND CHANGES IN UMUOFIA

OKONKWO IS EXILED FOR THE "FEMININE" CRIME OF AN ACCIDENTAL KILLING AND HAS TO MOVE TO HIS MOTHER'S VILLAGE FOR 7 YEARS. IGBO CULTURE SAYS THAT "MOTHER IS SUPREME." OKONKWO LOSES A LOT IN HIS EXILE. MANY CHANGES OCCUR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE MISSIONARIES TO MBANTA AND UMUOFIA. MANY OF THE UNTITLED VILLAGERS AND OSU CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY, BUT WORST OF ALL, OKONKWO'S SON CONVERTS. HE IS READY TO KILL HIM FOR THIS BETRAYAL. HOMEWORK IS TO CONTINUE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS IN THIS OVERVIEW.

HOW WAS OKONKWO SHOWING SEXISM TOWARD THE WOMEN AROUND HIM?

WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW OKONKWO'S BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES SHOWED SEXISM TOWARD THE WOMEN AROUND HIM? WRITE ANOTHER PARAGRAPH ABOUT SEXISM YOU HAVE SEEN OR HEARD IN YOUR LIFE?

CHAPTER 8 OKONKWO MOURNS THE LOSS OF IKEMEFUNA

: Write each vocabulary word in a sentence. Write a paragraph describing how you are different from your parent or guardian.

WHICH SON OF OKONKWO DO YOU RELATE TO MORE: NOWYE OR IKEMEFUNA?

HOW DID ONKONKWO'S LIFE START TO FALL APART WHEN HE BROKE THE TRADITION DURING THE WEEK OF PEACE?

WHAT IS A MAN IN IGBO CULTURE?

HOSPITALITY IN IGBO CULTURE

WRITE ABOUT WHAT HOSPITALITY IS LIKE IN YOUR HOME. GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOUR FAMILY WOULD DO WHEN A GUEST COMES TO YOUR HOME.

HOW OKONKWO MADE A SUCCESS

IN CHAPTER 3, WE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT OKONKWO HAD TO DO TO BECOME A WEALTHY MAN. HE HAD TO BE A SHARECROPPER LIKE THE JOADS IN GRAPES OF WRATH. oN HIS FIRST GROWING SEASON, THE WEATHER WAS VERY BAD AND RESULTED IN A BAD HARVEST. HE HAD TO GIVE HIS BENEFACTOR 2/3 OF HIS HARVEST. HOW DOES SOMEONE IN AMERICAN BUILD HIS WEALTH? WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO?

THE ULTIMATUM OF WAR

TODAY WE DISCUSSED THE ULTIMATUM OF WAR TO MBAINO FOR KILLING A WOMAN. THE COMPENSATION IS TO GIVE A VIRGIN AND THE OLDEST SON OF THE MURDERER TO OKONKWO'S VILLAGE. COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK HANDOUT OF ULTIMATUM AND COMPENSATION.

THINGS FALL APART CHAPTER 2

WE ARE ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOLUTION TO A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER VILLAGE AND A CHANGE IN THE FAMILY LIFE OF OKONKWA. WRITE A PARAGRAPH OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR. YOU CAN DRAW A PICTURE OR CREATE A SONG TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR.

SUPERSTITIONS AND LIFE IN THE VILLAGE OF OKONKWA

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THE IGBO PEOPLE IN THINGS FALL APART? WHAT ARE SOME SUPERSTITIONS WE HAVE IN OUR CULTURE? WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES SOME OF THE SUPERSTITIONS IN YOUR FAMILY?

FATHERS AND SONS

WHAT MAKES A PERSON SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA? WHAT QUALITIES DO YOU NEED TO BECOME A SUCCESS? HOW IS THAT THE SAME IN NIGERIA?

OKONKWO AND UNOKA

TODAY WE READ CHAPTER 1 AND MET THE MAIN CHARACTER OKONKWO WHO WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM HIS FATHER UNOKA. DESCRIBE HOW OKONKWO IS DIFFERENT FROM HIS FATHER.

THINGS FALL APART AND NIGERIAN/IGBO CULTURE

LOOK ONLINE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TRADITIONS OF IGBO CULTURE. TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS A MALE DOMINANT SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN SERVE THE MEN. WE WILL READ ABOUT HOW ONKONKWO TREATS HIS WIVES. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE CULTURE?

THINGS FALL APART

TODAY WE WERE INTRODUCED TO OUR NEW BOOK, THINGS FALL APART. FROM THE TITLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STORY WILL BE? WHAT WILL FALL APART? WHAT THINGS IN LIFE CAN FALL APART?