ELA- Things Fall Apart: by, Chinua Achebe

Part One

Where does most of the book take place?

The Village of Umuofia in Nigeria

9; Umuofia, Obodoani, Ire, Umueru, Eru⭐

How many villages are mentioned and what are their names?

No

Is the book in chronological order?

Okonkwo’s greatest influance throughout the book

Fear of being a failure, his anger(he does care about his anger issues, but he will not admit it), scociety(it influences him but he does not agree with it half the time), ⭐

Okonkwo’s internal conflict

He has no patience with lazy, unsuccessful men. His biggest influance is shame/fear(fear of being a failure). The book says, “he was possessed by the fear of his fathers contemptible life and shameful death,”(pg 18).

Protagonist

Okonkwo, however, Okonkwo finds the enemy in some part to be his own pride and stubborn attitude

Egwugwu

Men that wear masks that are belived to have evil spirits living in them. When a man puts a mask on, they are not responcable for their actions/sins.

Okonkwo

Has/had three wives, an adopted son, and at least 10 children that did not die during childbirth. This character used to be a unbeaten wrestler. His father was Unoka, who left him nothing to inherit. He rises to be one of the lords of the clan.

_____ worships his own personal god’s and ancestors

Amalinze

Greatest wrestler for 7 years until he was beaten by Okonkwo when Okonkwo was 18. Beating this man caused Okonkwo to be respected at such a young age.

Unoka

Okonkwo’s failure of a father. He was a debtor, flute player(musician), and poor.

He died of swelling, so he was not buried; but rather, he was left in the wilderness(Evil Forest) to die and rot because he was not aloud to die in his house.

Okoye

Unoka’s musician neighbor who was going to take the title of Idemili. Unoka was in bebt to him.

Ogbuefi Ezeugo

A powerful orator and oldest man in the village who dies then his wife dies of grief

The Crier

Goes from village to village with the news

Ikemefuna

15 year old boy(at the time) that Okonkwo takes in; Given as payment, along with a young virgin girl, to the village because their village killed Ogbuefi Udo’s wife from Umuofia.

Okonkow ends up killing him because the Orical wanted him dead, however, Okonkwo was told not to go when the kill was going to happen. He went anyway and mourned over his death for a couple days.

Nwoye

12 years old at the beging of the book. Okonkwo’s first born son. Okonkwo belived that he was very lazy and caused him anxiety.

Throughout the book, ____ is different from other characters because he knows what is right and what is wrong. The Holy Spirit moves through him.

Nwoye’s mother

Never know the name of Okonkwo’s most senior wife, but she gave birth to Okonkwo’s first son and many other children

Ekwefi

Okonkwo’s second wife who he shot but missed. She bore one doughter who is Okonkwo’s favorite, Ezinma. She had trouble keeping her children alive.

Ezinma

Daugter of Ekwefi and Okonkwo; Favorite child; gets sick very easily.

Ojiugo

Youngest and third wife of Okonkwo who was beat during the Week of Peace by Okonkwo.

Obiageli

Daughter of Nwoye’s mother and Okonkwo; Wants to be the favorite, but not. She dropped her pot and lied about how/why the pot fell.

Ogbefi Udo

His wife was killed by another village. To make up for the murder, the other village gave Umuofia a young virgin girl(who was given to _______-this man) and a 15 year old boy.

The Oracle

Ndichie/Agbala; the elders/government/judges/kings who you went to consult it.

Priestess

Woman who was filled with the power of her god(s) who you went to consult about your or others problems/concerns. She was always greatly feared when men were in her presence in the shrine.

Chika

The priestess at the time when Unoka went to see her about the harvest. She told him that he was lazy.

Nwakibie

A wealthy man in Umuofia who Okonkwo made a contract with to work for him to get his first seed yams.

Anasi

Nwakibie’s first wife; She bared authority because of this and wore and anklet of her husband’s titles(which only the first wife would wear).

Igwelo

Nwakibie’s elder son

Obiako

The palm wine tapper who suddenly gave up his trade

Manliness

Yams = ________

If he could suvive that, then he could survive anything

Nwakibie gave Okonkwo 400 seed yams and tells him to plant them. That year his harvest went well, so, Okonkwo gets 800 from Nwakibie and 400 from his dad’s friend. Then the rains came, producing a bad harvest that leads Okonkwo to think that…

Ezeani

Priest of the earth goddess; Whom they prayed to during the Week of Peace

Nwayieke

Old woman with about three teath who always smoked her pipe and lived near the udala tree.

Ani

Played a greater part in the life of the people more than any other deity; she was the ultimate judge of morality and conduct.

Yam foo-foo

Vegetable soup(main dish during The Feast of the New Yam).

The Feast of the New Yam

Held every year before the harvest began, to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the clan.

To scare her, not to actually kill her

Why did Okonkwo let his anger get the best of him and shoot for Ekwefi?

Ilo

Every village had one of these, like a playground where all the great ceremonies and dances took place.

Nkechi

Daugter of Ojiugo and Okonkwo.

18 year old men

The real wrestlers where how old?

Maduka

Son of Obierika and the best upcoming wrestler(he’s 15 or 16 years old); They settle a bride price for him to have a wife.

Chielo

The preistess of Agbala, The Orical of the Hills and the Caves. In ordinary life she was a widow with two childeren and was fond of Ezinma.

Okafo

Better man when he went up against Ikezue; he was a leader of a wrestling team. Okonkwo thought himself better than him.

Ikezue

Wrestled against Okafo and lost; he was a leader of a wrestling team.

Because he was turing 18 and now he could leave home, solve his own problems, and make his own money.

Why did The Oracle of the Hills and Caves want Ikemefuna dead?

Locusts

What insect did the people like to eat?

Because he was afraid of being called weak.

Why did Okonkwo go with the elders to kill Ikemefuna even though he was encouraged to stay home?

Because she has spirit.

Why does Okonkwo want Ezinma to be a boy?

Yes

Did Nwoye know that Ikemefuna was dead without being told?

Ofoedu

Told Okonkwo and Obierika that Ogbuefi Ndulue of Ire village and his wife, Ozoemena, died.

No

Does Okonkwo think that you can still be a strong man even when being close to your wives?

No

If you took the Ozo title were you aloud to climb palm trees?

Akueke

A young 16 year old girl who was being married and given a bride price.

Amadi

White man who passes by Machi’s village; He was a leper.

Because Ezinma is her only child, because all of her other babies died.

Why does Ekwefi fear so much over her daughter dying?

Eru

The eldest of the nine sons; clan represented by the Evil Forest. Also called Umueru or the Sons of ___

Iyi-uwa

Bad fortune in the form of a rock or stone.

Okagbue Uyanuia

The medicine doctor that tricked everyone into thinking that he found Ezinma’s iyi-uwa.

Smoke

What poured out of The Evil Forest’s mask?

True

True or False- Only men were aloud to see and know what was inside the egwugwu hut.

9 Egwugwu

Each one a son that represented a village

Most powerful clan whom women did not question

Egwugwu = __________________

Okonkwo

Who was the second person wearing an egwugwu mask?

Obierika

Okonkwo believes that if he does not reprimand his family, then he will seem week. Therefore, when he talks to _______, Okonkwo is confused when ________ says that you can still be a strong man even if you are vulnerable with your family. Through talking with ___________, Okonkwo learns that he can be a strong man without hurting or fearing his family.

Uzowulu

He beat his wife and had to go to the council to get her back, because his inlaws took her to protect her. Evil Forest said that the wife should go back to him.

Odukwe

The wife’s,(who got beat by her husband, Uzowulu), brother. He got her and her children out of that situation, but ultimetly, Evil Forest told her to go back to her husband.

Nwayieke

The woman who made dinner very late; they said the banging and pounding of her cooking was part of the night.

She tried to hide the child, but Chielo got her on her back and took her. Then Ekwefi followed her to another village and back to the caves. Once at the caves, she waited for Ezinma.

Okonkwo goes looking for them and finds Ekwefi at the entrance to the cave. They waited there all night, and followed Chielo back to the house. THIS SHOWS HE DOES CARE!!

When Chielo came to Okonkwo to get Ezinma for Agbala, what did Ekwefi do about it?

Anene

Ekwefi’s first husband that she left for Okonkwo

Uri

What is an engagement party in Umopfia called?

Obierika’s daughter

Who’s uri did Okonkwo and his family attend?

She wanted to show Okonkwo she was the best child; to show off and get attention

Even though Ezinma was still tired from the night before the uri with Chielo, why did she still want to go to the uri?

True

Okonkwo belives he can lie to the preistess and the egwugwu(true or false).

Clever/sneaky/sly

The tortoise in the myths acts/is…

As big as a cow

How big was the goat that got out that everyone was admiring?

50 pots of wine

How many pots of wine did the inlaws bring to the uri?

Hairstyle

What is a coiffure?

False

True or False- The uri’s are mainly for the women.

Ezeudu

Who died with three titles and was burried after dark?

Ezeudu’s 16 year-old son

Who died right before Ezeudu’s burial from Okonkwo’s gun exploding?

Leave Umuofia and go to his motherland.

What did Okonkwo have to do after he accidentally killed the boy?

Mbaino

What was Okonkwo’s motherland?(part 2)

Umofia

What was Okonkwo’s fatherland?(part 1)

7 years

How many years did Okonkwo have to flee?

Female crime

What kind of crime was Okonkwo’s when he killed the boy?

Catharsis

The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Peripeteia

A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances.

Hubris

Excessive pride or self confidence.

Hamartia

A tragic hero’s fatal flaw; an ingrained character trait that causes a hero to make decisions leading to his or her death or downfall.

Hero

A main character or protagonist of a play, with whom audiences become emotionally invested.

Tone

A writer’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.