THINGS FALL APART

Chapter One

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Written in 1958

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Chinua Achebe (2008) 1930 –2013

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Africa

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Nigeria

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THINGS FALL APARTChapter One

Sins of the Father-or-

Deadbeat Dad

Setting(s)

•Umuofia•Nine villages•Mbaino

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OKONKWO (pp.3-4)

“Tall” & “huge”Wrestler & warrior“Bushy eyebrows”

“Wide nose”Heavy breather

“Pounced” on peopleSpoke with “stammer”

“no patience”“use(s) fists”Hated father

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THINGS FALL APARTAmalinze The Cat:

Wrestling champ for 7 years (p3)

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• Okonkwo defeated the Cat• Greatest match since founder of village

fought a spirit for 7 days and nights (p3)–(repetition of “seven”)

• Okonkwo became successful, through hard work (p7)

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Okonkwo’s fame in his village, Umuofia, is compared to a

“brush fire on the harmattan” (p#)

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UNOKA:Okonkwo’s dad was a loafer (p5)and debtor (p4)

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Dry Landscape, Harmattan Winds

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Ogene

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Ogene

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Okoye comes to visit Unoka, they share kola.

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Okoye needs money Unoka,

borrowed.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLJq2R34W3g&feature=player_embedded#t=68

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5rNcD7PEY

THINGS FALL APART • Music Links

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Three Wives

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• If a child washed his hands he could eat with kings (p7)

• A man was not judged by the worth of his father (p7)

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• Okonkwo was selected to care for Ikemafuna, a sacrifice (p8)

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