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?