Characters and Events
This missionary tries to understand Igbo culture instead of attacking it.
Who is Mr. Brown
This theme is shown through conflict between Christianity and Igbo beliefs.
What is cultural conflict?
Instead of violence, Mr. Brown uses this approach.
What is diplomacy?
Mr. Brown says future leaders must learn this skill.
What is reading and writing?
The article discusses the loss of this Indigenous language.
What is the Hitzaqv language?
This character converts to Christianity, showing cultural division.
Who is Nwoye?
Your thesis argues that cultural exchange leads to this.
What is displacement?
Mr. Brown builds this to influence younger generations.
What is a school?
Igbo people are warned they will lose power if they don’t do this.
What is send children to school/adapt?
The number of fluent speakers dropped to roughly this amount.
What is about 7 speakers?
This character returns to Umuofia after exile.
Who is Okonkwo?
The loss of traditions and language connects to this larger concept.
What is identity?
Mr. Brown avoids this type of attack on Igbo religion.
What is a frontal attack?
The school symbolizes this deeper idea in the novel.
What is cultural change/control?
Language is important because it represents this.
What is identity/culture?
This group represents traditional Igbo beliefs resisting change.
Who are the Igbo elders/community?
This theme is shown when some Igbo people accept change while others resist.
What is change vs. resistance?
Mr. Brown believes educating people will lead to this outcome.
What is long-term control/influence?
Mr. Brown uses fear by suggesting outsiders will do this.
What is take over/control Umuofia?
Losing language causes communities to lose this sense of direction.
What are guiding signposts?
This event marks the beginning of major cultural division in Umuofia.
What is the arrival of Christian missionaries?
This theme is reflected in how power shifts from Igbo leaders to missionaries.
What is colonization/control?
Mr. Brown’s actions appear peaceful but actually support this larger goal.
What is assimilation of Igbo culture?
The tone of Mr. Brown’s message can be described as this (not fully honest).
he says that if the Igbo people do not send their children to school, outsiders will come and rule them
What is manipulative?
The article and Chapter 21 both show this shared consequence.
What is cultural loss due to outside influence?