DO NOW

“The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.” (Uchendu in TFA, Chapter 15)

In part 2 of TFA, the white men come into contact with the Ibo. Predict what aspects of each culture might appear as an “abomination” (something horrible) to the other.

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Literary Analysis

Characterization

Conflict

Major events Key Events of Chapter Why they are important

Chapter 12:

Chapter 13:

Chapter 14:

Village helps throw a huge feast for a wedding. A cow gets loose, and a debt must be paid.

We learn a little more about cultural customs of the Ibo. They expect payment for destruction of property, but help each other out with celebrations.

Okonkwo accidently kills the son of a village elder, and is sent into exile for 7 years. The village burns his house, land and animals.Okonkwo is loaned land and yams to start over in his motherland.

Partner Work

1. Complete the Key Events of Chpts 15-19

2. Determine Why they are important

3. Be prepared to share ANY of the Chapters

Page 205Springboard

Book

Theme

•Universal topic that can be found in a text.

•Found through characterization and conflict.

Universal Ideas1. Find them by looking at Important Events

Community donates food to wedding

2. Ask an essential question Why does everyone pitch in to help out when it is not

their child marrying?

Page 206Springboard

Book

HOMEWORK

Read Chpts 20-21, define one key event, and ask one essential question from each chapter

Do Now

1. Complete Questions 1-2 on page 207 in Springboard

2. Get out your chapter questions. There should be three.

Socratic Circle

Round 1: Chapter 20

Round 2: Chapter 21

Round 3: Chapter 22

Universal*

– Applies to everyone in every time

Chapter Universal Idea

20

21

22

*Universal Ideas are often THEMES---especially if you see them in other areas of the book!

HOMEWORK

Read Chpts 22-23, and find at least one Universal Idea in each chapter.

Do Now:

Read “The Second Coming” on page 211 of Springboard.

How does it relate to the book Things Fall Apart?

Universal StatementsTAG + Universal Idea+ Message

In the novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

shows us that when a community works together,

it helps everyone have a better time.

Literary Analysis Essay

Examine a character’s response to the cultural collision of Western ideas into Ibo culture. How does this collision challenge a character’s sense of identity and shape the meaning of the novel as a whole?

Steps--Brainstorm

1. Pick your character

2. How did he/she responded to Western ideas?

3. How did this challenge their identity?

4. What universal idea comes from this collision/identity issue?

Examine a character’s response to the cultural collision of Western ideas into Ibo culture. How does this collision challenge a character’s sense of identity and shape the meaning of the novel as a whole?

ThesisThe issue of __Universal theme__ is evident in

_Character_’s reaction to the collision of Western ideas into Ibo culture.

OR

_Character_’s identity changed in reaction to the collision of Western ideas into Ibo culture.

Planning Sheet• Write your thesis at the top.

• Find three reasons why your character had an identity issue because of cultural collision

• Find examples for those reasons

Is there a Counterview?• State a counter:

– Was there another reason OTHER than cultural collision that caused your character to have identity issues?

• Provide a concession:– What example supports that?

• Refute the counterview:– Why is the cultural issue the thing that caused the biggest

problem?

Write a Universal Statement

TAG + Universal Idea + Message

Work Time

Homework:

Read to the end of the book—Find more examples

MAD 40

Examine a character’s response to the cultural collision of Western ideas into Ibo

culture. How does this collision challenge a character’s sense of identity and shape the

meaning of the novel as a whole?