Things Fall Apart Thought Provoker #2

Hello!

Now that you've finished reading Part Two of Things Fall Apart, it's time to start grappling with one of the central thematic issues of the novel.

When the missionaries begin arriving in the land of the Ibo, the tribal society is thrown into turmoil because its belief system must now compete with that of another land.

In a short response, please answer these questions: what makes Ibo society particularly vulnerable to the English colonists' religion and rhetoric? And do you think that the missionaries are saving or savaging the Ibo? Why????

And also, what's your favorite kind of gum?

Happy thinking!

Things Fall Apart Thought Provoker #1

Hello!

Time to start moving past the obvious in our studies of Things Fall Apart.

Tonight, in addition to reading the assigned text, please answer the following question. It's based on a choice that Chinua Achebe makes in the composition of his novel: the choice to integrate many Ibo proverbs in his book.

PROMPT: Please find five proverbs scattered throughout the first 10 chapters of Things Fall Apart, and for each, explain what that proverb reveals about Ibo society (its values, its morals, its norms, its standards, etc.).

NOTE 1: Do not choose proverbs that your peers have already chosen. Make sure by looking at all of the existing responses so far.

NOTE 2: What's a proverb? Look it up!

Have fun!
Learn something!