Things Fall Apart
BY,
PARKER KIMES, GRIFFIN BAYLE, AUGUSTINE STANLEY, WILLY R., DEVANT E
KOS
Main Characters
 OkonkwoIkemefunaNwoyeEzinmaEkwefi-
Theme
Don’t strive to be so different
Ex: Okonkwo wants to be a better man than his father.
Plot
Okonkwo is very well known and high in the rankings in his tribe because of a wrestling match
Gets an adopted son Ikemefuna and then kills him
Okonkwo and his family are exiled from the tribe
His son Nwoye went on his own path away from Okonkwo
White missionaries try to convert the tribe to their religion and Okonkwo doesn’t like that
Symbols
Yams – Protection, Leadership, Wealth
Oracle - Religion, Government, God/s
Unoka – Evil, Failure, Unworthy
Nwoye – Lazy,
Fire - Potency, Life, Masculinity
Egwugwu – Independence, Gods
Okonkwo
 Clan leader
Does not want to become like
his father
Hollywood Personality:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Ikemefuna
Given to Okonkwo by a near by village
Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna to show that he is not weak
Hollywood Personality: Superman
Nwoye
Okonkwo’s oldest son
Coverts religion to Christianity
Hollywood Personality: Bob Dylan- Converted to Christianity
Ekwefi
Okonkwo’s second wife
9/10 of her children die
Enzima is her only child
Hollywood Personality-Angelina Jolie
Ezinma
Okonkwo’s favorite child
Understands Okonkwo
Okonkwo wishes she was a boy
Hollywood Personality- Jennifer Lopez
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Born on November 16th, 1930
Died on March 21st, 2013
Born in the Nigerian Igbo village of Ogidi
Studied at the University of London
Chinua was a published writer and part time teacher
Considered “The Grandfather of Nigerian Literature”
Sales Pitch
Why you should buy this book:
If you love yams, 2Chainz loves yams
If you like books with a storyline
If you don’t like books with a storyline
Shit, its only $0.99, Macklemore is known to like things that are only $0.99
M&Ms are also $0.99 and Eminem likes M&Ms. Coincidence? I think not!
Test
1. Who did Okonkwo beat in the wrestling match?
2. Why does Okonkwo dislike his first son, Nwoye?
3. What is Okonkwo’s second wife's name?
4. Who is Ikemafuma?
5. Who came to the village and introduced Christianity?
Test (cont.)
6. What is the Oracle’s role in the Village?
7. Who is Okonkwo’s favorite child and why?
8. What is the Igbo Village’s food of choice?
9. How many wives did Okonkwo have?
10. Why was Okonkwo exiled from the Village?