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Things Fall Apart. By, Parker Kimes, Griffin Bayle, Augustine Stanley, Willy R., Devante Kos. Main Characters. Okonkwo- Ikemefuna - Nwoye - Ezinma - Ekwefi -. Theme. Don’t strive to be so different Ex: Okonkwo wants to be a better man than his father. Plot. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Things Fall ApartBY,
PARKER KIMES, GRIFFIN BAYLE, AUGUSTINE STANLEY, WILLY R., DEVANTE KOS
Main Characters Okonkwo-
Ikemefuna-
Nwoye-
Ezinma-
Ekwefi-
ThemeDon’t strive to be so different
Ex: Okonkwo wants to be a better man than his father.
PlotOkonkwo is very well known and high in the rankings in his tribe because of a wrestling match
Gets an adopted son Ikemefuna and then kills him
Okonkwo and his family are exiled from the tribe
His son Nwoye went on his own path away from Okonkwo
White missionaries try to convert the tribe to their religion and Okonkwo doesn’t like that
SymbolsYams – Protection, Leadership, Wealth
Oracle - Religion, Government, God/s
Unoka – Evil, Failure, Unworthy
Nwoye – Lazy,
Fire - Potency, Life, Masculinity
Egwugwu – Independence, Gods
Okonkwo Clan leader
Does not want to become like his father
Hollywood Personality: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
IkemefunaGiven to Okonkwo by a near by village
Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna to show that he is not weak
Hollywood Personality: Superman
NwoyeOkonkwo’s oldest son
Coverts religion to Christianity
Hollywood Personality: Bob Dylan- Converted to Christianity
EkwefiOkonkwo’s second wife
9/10 of her children die
Enzima is her only child
Hollywood Personality-Angelina Jolie
EzinmaOkonkwo’s favorite child
Understands Okonkwo
Okonkwo wishes she was a boy
Hollywood Personality- Jennifer Lopez
Chinua Achebe
Chinua AchebeBorn on November 16th, 1930
Died on March 21st, 2013
Born in the Nigerian Igbo village of Ogidi
Studied at the University of London
Chinua was a published writer and part time teacher
Considered “The Grandfather of Nigerian Literature”
Sales Pitch Why you should buy this book:
If you love yams, 2Chainz loves yams
If you like books with a storyline
If you don’t like books with a storyline
Shit, its only $0.99, Macklemore is known to like things that are only $0.99
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Test 1. Who did Okonkwo beat in the wrestling match?
2. Why does Okonkwo dislike his first son, Nwoye?
3. What is Okonkwo’s second wife's name?
4. Who is Ikemafuma?
5. Who came to the village and introduced Christianity?
Test (cont.) 6. What is the Oracle’s role in the Village?
7. Who is Okonkwo’s favorite child and why?
8. What is the Igbo Village’s food of choice?
9. How many wives did Okonkwo have?
10. Why was Okonkwo exiled from the Village?