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TFA Week 15 Notes

TFA Week 15 Notes. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart. Chapters 12 and 13: What two cultural practices do we see? Uri - Betrothal ceremony where the bride comes to live with the husband’s family

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TFA Week 15 Notes

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  1. TFA Week 15 Notes

  2. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Chapters 12 and 13: What two cultural practices do we see? Uri- Betrothal ceremony where the bride comes to live with the husband’s family Funeral of Ezeudu- announced by the ekwe (drums), old man who warned Okonkwo about killing Ikemefuna

  3. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Women in the novel: • Men hold most of the power, women in charge of serving the head man in household • Polygamy- custom of having more than 1 wife • The job of women in the community is to serve their husband in every way possible. • Cook • Other chores to comfort husband • Assist in repairing the huts.

  4. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Women in the novel: • Their main job was to have children • Young women helped mothers on their chores • They needed to be good storytellers to tell the young children the origin of their life.

  5. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Women in the novel: • Let’s read about the isa-ifi ceremony, where the woman goes to live with husband’s family and Uchendutells us about relatives of mothers • Page 114 in chapter 14 • As we read take active reading notes in the boxes!

  6. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Symbolism: occurs when a person, place, or thing is used to represent an abstract (different) idea or concept. Symbols are concrete, ideas are abstract (can’t touch them)

  7. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Symbolism: occurs when a person, place, or thing is used to represent an abstract (different) idea or concept. Symbols are concrete, ideas are abstract (can’t touch them) What does this concrete gesture (we can touch it) symbolize?

  8. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Cultural Conflict: Meeting of Ibo culture with British missionary/colonial culture Colonialism: A system by which a country maintains foreign colonies in order to take advantage of them economically

  9. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart The dominant culture (Great Britain) feels superior to the “natives” in all ways and often forces its customs and religion upon them

  10. Literature Notes: Things Fall Apart Cultural Conflict: Let’s read pages 120-121 – what is the source of the conflict?

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