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Cultural Collision and Identity Crisis in "Things Fall Apart

Explore the clash between Western and Ibo cultures and its impact on individual identities, shaping the meaning of the novel as a whole.

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Cultural Collision and Identity Crisis in "Things Fall Apart

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  1. “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. Do Now Do you have your homework packet?

  2. Characterization Literary Analysis Conflict

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

  4. Partner Work Page 205 Springboard Book • Complete the Key Events of Chpts 15-19 • Determine Why they are important • Be prepared to share ANY of the Chapters

  5. Theme • Universal topic that can be found in a text. • Found through characterization and conflict.

  6. Universal Ideas • Find them by looking at Important Events • Community donates food to wedding • Ask an essential question • Why does everyone pitch in to help out when it is not their child marrying? Page 206 Springboard Book

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

  8. Do Now Complete Questions 1-2 on page 207 in Springboard Get out your chapter questions. There should be three.

  9. Socratic Circle Round 1: Chapter 20 Round 2: Chapter 21 Round 3: Chapter 22

  10. Universal* • Applies to everyone in every time *Universal Ideas are often THEMES---especially if you see them in other areas of the book!

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

  12. Do Now: Read “The Second Coming” on page 211 of Springboard. How does it relate to the book Things Fall Apart?

  13. Universal Statements TAG + 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.

  14. 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?

  15. Steps--Brainstorm • Pick your character • How did he/she responded to Western ideas? • How did this challenge their identity? • 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?

  16. Thesis The 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.

  17. 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

  18. 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?

  19. Write a Universal Statement TAG + Universal Idea + Message

  20. Work Time Homework: Read to the end of the book—Find more examples

  21. 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?

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