Thinking Activity on Things Fall Apart:

 

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Here are some questions on Things Fall Apart. 

1. What is historical context of Things Fall Apart?

Things Fall Apart is set in 1890, during the early days of colonialism in Nigeria. Achebe depicts Igbo society in transition, from its first contact with the British colonialists to the growing dominance of British rule over the indigenous people.

2. What is the significant of the title?

The title of your manuscript is usually the first introduction readers have to your published work. Therefore, you must select a title that grabs attention, accurately describes the contents of your manuscript, and makes people want to read further.

3. Write a brief note on the concept of 'Chi' in Things Fall Apart?

The chi is an individual's personal god, whose merit is determined by the individual's good fortune or lack thereof. Along the lines of this interpretation, one can explain Okonkwo's tragic fate as the result of a problematic chi —a thought that occurs to Okonkwo at several points in the novel.

4. What do you think about the incident of Ikemefuna? How does it help to understand the Ibo culture in more specific ways?

When the village elders decide the time has come to kill Ikemefuna and finally settle the dispute with the neighboring village, Okonkwo insists on taking part in the execution, despite the fact that the boy calls him “father.” Okonkwo ends up killing Ikemefuna himself out of fear that his failure to take responsibility.

5. Write a brief note on Ibo people's belief in the world of spirits.

In Igbo religious worldview, the human world is three- dimensional – the sky; the earth, intricately woven with water; and the spirit/ancestral world. ... There is the sky above, Igwe, then, the earth, Ala, and finally, we have the under-world, Ime-Ala.

6. How is the difference between the father land and the mother land is described in Things Fall Apart?

“It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland.

7. Write a brief note on the concept of Nativism and Native identity in Things Fall Apart.

Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.

In scholarly studies, nativism is a standard technical term, although those who hold this political view do not typically accept the label. Oezguer Dindar wrote, "Nativists do not consider themselves [to be] nativists. For them it is a negative term and they rather consider themselves as 'Patriots'.

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