THINGS FALL APART PROVERBS – HONORS WORLD LITERATURE
Due Monday, April 20; 20 points
Proverbs play an important role to the Ibo people. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua
Achebe writes, “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten” (7). Your task is to create
a poster (8 ½ x 11) that illuminates the meaning of the proverb. Requirements:
1. Proverb written out with page number in MLA citation
2. Visual that depicts the proverb
3. An explication of the proverb – explain what it means
4. Be creative – use color, interesting shapes, borders, shading, etc. I recommend using
Word or InDesign (if you have it). You may wish to add your own creative touch to it
with drawings or other art/craftwork. Please be neat!
My proverb: ___________________________________________________
THINGS FALL APART PROVERBS – HONORS WORLD LITERATURE
Due Monday, April 20; 20 points
Proverbs play an important role to the Ibo people. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua
Achebe writes, “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten” (7). Your task is to create
a poster (8 ½ x 11) that illuminates the meaning of the proverb. Requirements:
1. Proverb written out with page number in MLA citation.
2. Visual that depicts the proverb
3. An explication of the proverb – explain what it means
4. Be creative – use color, interesting shapes, borders, shading, etc. I recommend using
Word or InDesign (if you have it). You may wish to add your own creative touch to it
with drawings or other art/craftwork. Please be neat!
My proverb: ___________________________________________________
THINGS FALL APART PROVERBS – HONORS WORLD LITERATURE
Due Monday, April 20; 20 points
Proverbs play an important role to the Ibo people. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua
Achebe writes, “proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten” (7). Your task is to create
a poster (8 ½ x 11) that illuminates the meaning of the proverb. Requirements:
1. Proverb written out with page number in MLA citation.
2. Visual that depicts the proverb
3. An explication of the proverb – explain what it means
4. Be creative – use color, interesting shapes, borders, shading, etc. I recommend using
Word or InDesign (if you have it). You may wish to add your own creative touch to it
with drawings or other art/craftwork. Please be neat!
My proverb: ___________________________________________________
THINGS FALL APART PROVERBS – HONORS WORLD LITERATURE
Due Monday, April 20; 20 points
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk 10
If a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. 8
A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing 20
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb 21
Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching 22
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them 8
A baby on its mother’s back does not know that the way is long. 101
Living fire begets cold impotent ash 153
An animal rubs its itching flank against a tree, a man asks his kinsman to scratch him 165
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did. 21