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Achebe, Chinua. "SparkNotes: Things Fall Apart: Plot Overview." SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. .

Bloom, Harold. "Problems of Gender and History in the Teaching of Things Fall Apart." EBSCO Publishing Service Selection Page. 2000. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. .

Lorcher, Trent. "Summary of Things Fall Apart." Find Health, Education, Science & Technology Articles, Reviews, How-To and Tech Tips At Bright Hub - Apply To Be A Writer Today! 10 May 2010. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. .

Scholarly Article Post

In the article "Problems of Gender and History in the Teaching of "Things Fall Apart,"" by Cobham, Rhonda, Bloom, Harold, it talks about the different feelings that a teacher and class had over the book. There were different personalties in this article and different feelings about the book. Some agreed that the part about beating your wife was outrageous while others understood and realize that that was the tradition in that african town. The article goes in depth about the book and how it relates to the bible.The articles continue to say how achebe is sexist for writing this book and Emecheta of being historically inaccurate and how in the end they should change the name of the book.

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Post 10

"With a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not...compatible life and shameful death."


Okonkwo tried so hard to be the opposite of his father, his father was weak and lazy and Okonkwo was strong and a leader. Everyone wants to be better than their parents and achieve more than what they parents achieve,and I think Okonkwo achieve it.

Post 9

"No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man."

This quote is humorous to me because I told my mom and she was annoyed by it lol. To me this quote is basically saying in order to be a man you have to be able to control everyone, but that doesn't make you a man it means something is seriously wrong with you and you will never be loved because you want to be feared. Which in this book case that makes you a man, which is crazy.

Post 8

"Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength."

This is a great quote because it relates to so many men today. If you show any emotion other than anger you will be labeled "sorry" or "weak." Which is crazy because to me showing your emotion is a sign of you being mature and a great man.

Post 7

"The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart."

To me this quote explains the whole book, it tells you Okonkwo side of it anyways, but i think that it is no one fault but the clans' fault because if they were not already in turmoil then the "white men" wouldn't be able to take over in the first place.

Post 6

"Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness"

This was a great quote to me because it focuses on how Okonkwo became the man that he is, and how his whole life was dominated by fear and weakness, but to me that is why he is cruel.

Post 2

"Your wife was at fault, but even if you came into your obi and found her lover on top of her, you would still have committed a great evil to beat her...the evil you have done can ruin the whole clan."

I really thought this quote was significant in this story because it teaches that hitting a woman is wrong and should not be committed.

Post 1

I actually just realize that the book I'm reading  has a movie coming out starring the rapper 50¢which is so cool because the book is great so I know the movie will be to.

So Okonkwo mad? Post 5

Okonkwo pulled a gun on his second wife he was a little mad. Not at her but at his father but he still aimed it at her while she was pregnant. That's wrong how cowardly is that. She didnt get hurt but that shows how weak he really is.

Post 4

I love how Okonkwo blame everything on "The White Men" how he came in changed everything, but in actuality the people changed everything "The White Men" just influenced them. Okonkwo is just used to be the leader so when they are not following him he gets mad and try to reclaim his power, but all he ends up doing is hanging his own self, which is unhonorable anyway.

Post 3

The book is getting really intresting now I am at the part where Okonkwo actually cut the son-like boy with a machete because he didn't want to look like a coward.This is crazy he is really consume with too much pride he is willing to sacrifice his only son just so he won't look weak.