Characters
This character hangs himself from the tree in the end because he knows Umuofia is forever changed and won't fight the missionaries.
Okonkwo
The following quote is an example of this technique: “It seemed as if the very soul of the tribe wept for a great evil that was coming–its own death” (Achebe 187)
Foreshadowing; personification
This specific event is the beginning of the major escalation of the conflict between the Ibo people and the church in Umuofia
The church is burned down after Enoch unmasks and egwugwu
These masked spirits are important to Ibo culture because they act as lawmakers and represent the spirits in the physical world.
Egwugwu
Percy Jackson is a son of this Greek god.
Poseidon
This character chooses to leave his family and be with the missionaries. His father disowns him for it.
Nwoye
Achebe uses juxtaposition when describing both of these character as panting. One is a fish out of water while the other's thirst is being quenched by the missionaries.
Okonkwo & Nwoye
Okoli kills this revered animal in Mbanta, causing turmoil between the Ibo people and the missionaries.
The sacred python
Things Fall Apart is considered an important text of postcolonial literature because it does this for the people of Africa and the readers
presents European colonialism from an African point of view
This mammal is found in Africa and is considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world despite it not being a carnivore.
Hippo
This character “saw things in black and white. And black was evil”
Reverend Smith
The final chapter of the novel is structurally significant because of this shift in narrator.
The District Commisioner
According to Obierika, the white man is very clever because he
came quietly and peaceably with his religion
Even though he wrote the novel in English, author Chinua Achebe was able to capture the way Ibo people spoke by utilizing the following (there are multiple right answers)
Folktales, proverbs, music, rituals, Ibo words/phrases
Ms. Foedisch played this fall sport in high school and part of her college career.
Field hockey
This character states “Those were the days when a man had friends in distant clans. Your generation does not know that. You stay at home, afraid of your next-door neighbor”
Uchendu
The title of the novel is foreshadowing in itself because of this reason (there are two correct answers).
It predicts the destruction of the Ibo culture due to the missionaries
It predicts Okonkwo’s continual downfall
The court messengers do this when the elders come to speak with the commisioner after they burn the church.
Beat them up and imprison them
According to Okonkwo’s uncle, “mother is supreme” because the motherland is a place of this
refuge and protection
World Lit
This village elder has discussions about religion with the missionary Mr. Brown and shares how their cultures are more similar than they thought.
Akunna
Nwoye is compared to the earth in this type of literary device when Achebe writes “The words of the hymn were like the drops of frozen rain melting on the dry palate of the panting earth."
Simile; personification
This character instigates the conflict of unmasking an egwugwu that causes this tension to boil over.
Enoch
Ezinma is thought to be this type of evil spirit, one who continuously is born and dies to haunt their mother and family.
Ogbanje
This former Eagles player hails from Camden, NJ, and went to Haddon Heights high school.
Haason Reddick