https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8 en-us 2017-02-08 14:36:01 UTC 2023-05-16 16:19:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png collinsb2 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/152470751 With your group, summarize and analyze the information discovered about your assigned topic within Chapters 2-4 of Things Fall Apart.
Be sure to include a picture that connects with the Igbo people and the topic you are discussing. Also, your summary and analysis should include at least one cited piece of evidence from the novel. Only one person from the group will create the padlet post, but be sure to include the names of all group members. Title your post with the topic being discussed.
Essential Skills: (1) Work collaboratively and use technology to create a product that illustrates understanding. (2) Assess information and draw conclusions.]]> 2017-02-08 14:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/152470751 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155642 Some examples of rituals and traditions throughout the story are as follows: Breaking the Kola to make your guests feel comfortable, Bring palm wine as a gift to your hosts, the wife that been married to the husband the longest drinks the wine first, hen you ask for something you need to bring them wine and let them drink before you ask, and after you break the peace you have to do the shrine ritual thing

Superstitions: The superstition that the week before the harvest everyone must be nice to please the gods and ancestors, if you die by the swelling disease you cant die in the house or be buried in the ground, can't whistle at night for bad demons will come. 

]]> 2017-02-10 19:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155642 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155906 Within the family hierarchy, the husband/father is placed at the top with his wives in descending order based on the time of their marriage. Some separate important positions the first wife retain include "the anklet of her husband's titles" (20) as well as having first drink of the women during ceremonies. The children are in the care of the women, however, the man in involved with the teaching of his sons, and his sons are expected to join their father to big village meetings or ancestral feasts and carry his things. Jobs during the day for women involved farming separate crops from yams like beans and cassava and are not involved in the man's crop of yams. The household is based off  this patriarchal system with the man having his obi centered with his wive's huts "together formed a half moon behind the obi" (14). Based on the actions of his family, the man can carry out punishment how he sees fit especially in circumstances where something he asked for is not fulfilled. 

]]> 2017-02-10 19:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155906 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155990 Everyone in the village had a bunch of wives who they beat regularly and mercilessly. Women had a traditionally subordinate role in the household. They gave virgins to people as consolidation. Yams, the king of crops, were considered male crops. Crops had designated genders. This is illustrated when it says, "His mother and sisters worked hard enough, but they grew women's crops, like coco-yams, beans, and cassava" (22-23).  This is pretty sexist because biologically, many plants are double gendered, can reproduce on their own, and aren't specifically male or female. Also, it's a bit weird to designate plants to just one gender, because they all eat all of the different plants.

]]> 2017-02-10 19:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153155990 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153156295 In the Igbo society, several different religious aspects were observed, First off, one example includes the use of Oracles in decision making as an integral part of the village. Furthermore,  Things Fall Apart frequently mentioned the fear and reverence of spirits - one example includes when villagers were "not allowed to whistle in fear of evil spirits" (Achebe, 12).  Elders, and a "medicine woman" were especially looked up to for decisions in traditions. Another key example of religion includes the chi, or personal god. Okonkwo's household maintains a back area where he worships his personal gods, and this may symbolize a widespread belief in this style of belief. 


]]> 2017-02-10 19:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153156295 Mighty_Ninja_11 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153156428 When the Umuofian wife was murdered by the Mbaino clan, the Mbaino had two options: to go to war or to relinquish a young man and virgin as a replacement. "Umuofia was feared by all its neighbors.  It was powerful in awe and in magic, and its priests and medicine men were feared..." (11). This  implies that it is unlikely for the Mbaino clan to chose war over "the offer of a young man and virgin as compensation." (11). When Okonkwo went to the enemy clan as a representative of the Umuofian, they greeted with great honor and respect. "...he returned home with a lad of fifteen and a young virgin," (12) who was meant to replace the deceased wife.]]> 2017-02-10 19:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153156428 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153530898 2017-02-13 18:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153530898 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153531271 2017-02-13 18:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153531271 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153531545 2017-02-13 18:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/thingsfallapart8/wish/153531545