1. Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe Picture taken from http://reader.homestead.com/Things_Fall_Apart.html

2. Summary Okonkwo – Strong, respected, wealthy man of his tribe of Igbo people in Nigeria (page 11) Turn of the century Death of Ikemefuna (page 55) Affect on Nwoye Okonkwo exiled for accidental shooting Coming of the missionaries Nwoye (page 133)

3. Plot Positive Different culture Sad story Negative Slow-moving at times (character-driven) Full of flashbacks (sometimes confusing)

4. Characters Okonkwo Positive Very hard working Self-made man Both the protagonist and the antagonist (person v. self) Negative Violent (beating wives and children) Uncompromising (disowns Nwoye, kills Ikemefuna) Both the protagonist and the antagonist (person v. self) Others Obierika Great friend to Okonkwo (looks after his finances during Okonkwo’s exile) Gentler than Okonkwo Reverend James Smith Very racist and uncompromising in his relations with Okonkwo’s people (page 169)

5. Writing style Positive Very descriptive (important because I’ve never been to Africa) Uses simple language and sentence structure Uses Igbo words from time to time (gives a better feeling for the culture) Negative Doesn’t follow a typical linear plot progression (lots of flashbacks and side-plots) Ogbanje and iyi-uwa (page 80)

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