1. Things Fall Apart Questions #9-12 By:
Chinua Achebe
Questions #9-12
By:
Brent Champion, Veronica Botnick,
Hannah Natnat and Maja Dabic

2. Question #9: (1)What effect does night have on the people in Ch. 2
Question #9: (1)What effect does night have on the people in Ch. 2? (2)What do they fear? (3)How do they deal with their fear of snakes at night?
Change in atmosphere
More alertness
2. Fear of the unknown, Fear of change, Fear of higher power
3. Snakes and animals- also become more alert in the nighttime #slippery snake
Snake=string

3. Question #10: What is the cause and nature of the conflict with Mbaino?
Cause: Homicide of Ogbuefi’s wife
Effect: Ultimatum was given to Mbaino - Choice of war or a sacrifice from their clan
This illustrates their values
Homicide: deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another (Dictionary.com) .
Contrast to chapter 13
by definition, okonkwo did not commit homicide
We see Character development in okonkwo

4. Question #11: (1)What are the important crops? (2) What are the seasons?(4)What are the male and female designated crops, and why?
1&4:In the Ibo culture, gender roles were determined in many aspects of life, one being agriculturE
Woman were only allowed to weed yams.
Kola nut, coco-yams and cassava, and Beans were considered “women's crops”
Yams( “the king of crops”) were considered a man's job since it is a staple in the igbo diet
2. Rainy season - Planting takes place, Period of care for the younger plants,eating,storytelling
Dry season - ruined some of the plants
Harvest season-Harvesting and eating
season of plenty- the new year , Yams that were left over from the previous year were thrown out

5. Question #11 (3)How does sharecropping work?
3. Share cropping is where one man provides seeds and land to another Man who does all the farm work. In the end the one who provides the the seeds and the land receives ⅔ of the harvest while the one who does all the work gets ⅓ of the harvest.
Owners and tenants both share the risks of the harvests being large or small
Tendent work hard so that they have as much harvest as possible in the end

6. Question #11: (5)What is the relationship of women to agriculture
Question #11: (5)What is the relationship of women to agriculture? (6)In contrast to other representations of locusts as a terrible plague, how does the village react to the coming of the locusts in ch.7?
5. Females grow household crops and they did the small details like weeding, tending to soil
-Less room for error
earth is a female goddess
6. Locusts - GENERAL VIEWS: plague, eat crops,
UMUOFIA’S VIEWS: Villagers see them as a blessing. they are a rarity and they can also eat them
They are full of joy and very overwhelmed when they cover all the land.
They hope that they settle down and that they don't move

7. Question #12: (1)Consider the dual roles in the human and spiritual worlds played by the egwugwu and chielo, the priestess of agbala.
EGWUGWU: Symbol of culture and independence
HUMAN ROLES: ONE elder REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH OF THE 9 CLANS
SPIRITUAL ROLES: They are seen as ancestral gods - The spirit of the clan
Act as judges - Resolve Conflicts and prescribe punishments (usually public)
Chielo: Human Roles: Chielo is an average women in the village, having 2 kids and is a widow.
Spiritual Roles: Acts as the priestess of agbala. Considers ezinma her daughter because she believe they share the same ogbanje as one of her children had.

8. Question #12: (2)What does chielo’s power and status in umuofia suggest about a women’s roles in igbo culture and religious beliefs? (3)What are her roles in the village later in the novel?
2. Women are more spiritually connected- different power in a male dominated society.
Anything involving higher power is female! Ex. chi, earth goddess, agbala...etc
Hierarchy: Higher power > Men > Women
People go to Agbala to avoid conflicts/seek advice - Similar to confessions in catholicism
Bible Verse: Luke, 11.17; any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined. The house divided against itself will fall.(BibleGateway) - This relates to the igbo culture
3. Priestess of Agbala, - larger role, different personalities

9. Question #12: (4)What does the ch
Question #12: (4)What does the ch.11 incident involving the priestess of agbala tell us about the values of the culture? (5)What side of okonkwo is revealed by his behavior during that long night?
4. Strong Trust, community, family
5. Opens up his emotions- Worried, more gentle, understanding.

10. WORKS CITED
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