What is one tension established in these chapters—between characters, between clans, between characters and nature, or characters and gods, or characters and themselves? Pick one quote to support the tension you present. Please read previous posts to ensure you do not pick a quote that has already been picked.
2. The characters in Umuofia have their own chis, personal gods, and other personal mythologies are presented in these chapters. Interpreted however you like, share with us some piece of your own personal mythology. (Some ideas: What’s an animal, plant, place, or food/crop, art form or other discipline, activity, etc. that is central to your being–or that seems, maybe mysteriously, significant to who you are? If you feel comfortable sharing, is there a complex generational divide/difference or connection/similarity in your life, as described in the story (between father and son, especially?). Provide a link to–or embed–a picture as an illustration.
TITLE: THINGS FALL APART NOVEL
Click http://marul.ffst.hr/~bwillems/fymob/things.pdf link to open resource
Here are instructions:
1. Offer a brief summary. You might begin, “This is what I’m understanding after reading your piece…” Conclude by stating what you think is at the heart of the piece. What’s at stake? What’s most essential? What seems to be the dominant theme or lesson (if there seems to be one)?
2. Pay the writer 2 specific compliments. Let them know what, specifically, is working really well in their piece right now. What made you laugh/cry/feel something? What bit of description was so vivid or appealing to the senses that you could easily imagine seeing/tasting/feeling/hearing what was being described?
3. Offer 1 idea for revision. Was there a part that was a little confusing or unclear? Be specific about this too. You don’t need to edit each other’s work, but if you notice a pattern of error (like a problem with comma splices or tense inconsistency), you can mention it.
4. Speculate on a connection the writer might make between their piece and the literature we’re studying. What piece(s) did it remind you of and why? (This may also be a comment about how it reminded you of a certain piece because it covered a similar topic/theme/character in a very DIFFERENT way than the piece from the work of African literature.
5. Ask the writer a question about the piece that might deepen or expand their thinking about their writing and connections that could be made in Part 2 of the essay assignment.