https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha Post your response below. en-us 2016-11-01 11:52:26 UTC 2016-11-01 13:17:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455553 I thought the novel did a very good job of showing life before the missionaries arrived to provide an insight into the Ibo culture, maximizing the effect of the missionaries taking over their culture. We were able to connect with the African perspective which most other literature is unable to do.]]> 2016-11-01 13:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455553 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455600 Okonkwo doesn't celebrate christmas]]> 2016-11-01 13:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455600 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455924 I liked how the novel showed how their culture is different from ours. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134455924 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456531 I liked all the different ways the novel illustrates the different but culturally advanced the tribe was. You never really realize it until it is contrasted by the Europeans 

]]> 2016-11-01 13:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456531 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456669 I liked that the novel displayed that the native tribes culture is not necessarily wrong or bad which is thought by the missionaries. It depicts the negative things that they have done to the African tribes from their point of view.]]> 2016-11-01 13:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456669 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456914 Okonkwo is a legend who lived in a time not meant for him. The colonization of Africa is interesting, but also slightly inhumane. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134456914 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457009 The novel did a good job showing off another culture, it was interesting to read how another culture lives, and how others perceive that culture, and how the Ibo culture looks at other cultures]]> 2016-11-01 13:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457009 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457083 I like how the novel shows their culture in a different way, and doesn't try to portray it in a bad way.]]> 2016-11-01 13:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457083 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457187 I feel like the novel itself was a real eye-opener. It conveyed many cultural influences, and spoke about the effects of colonization, and what was actually happening to the countries involved in it.

]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457187 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457235 This is probably one of the best books we have read in high school. it is very interesting to see another side of the story about africa, and it is very interesting.]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457235 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457285 I really enjoyed the novel. It gave me a perspective of africa that i had not previously experienced. It also showed the power of an ego, that it can literally kill you. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457285 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457289 The novel was very good at conveying the sense of powerlessness that natives felt at the hands of the missionaries. It showed how ruthless they were at times, all just to convert the natives to the 'right' religion and make them civilized. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457289 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457412 I think that the novel illustrates how single minded a lot of cultures are. The white men viewed the Ibo people a certain way, but the Ibo also had their opinions on the white men. Neither culture was willing to learn from the other, demonstrating the downfalls of stubbornness. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457412 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457458 I kind of liked that this novel showed the point of view of the Africans. I don't think I have ever read a book about African tribes in the perspective of an actual tribe member. It was interesting to learn about their customs and see how they view white people.

]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457458 17imartel https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457524 The book created an interesting visualization of the conflict during the colonization of Africa, and the people who were directly a part of it.]]> 2016-11-01 13:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457524 17lpelosky https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457960 the novel demonstrates that there are different ways for people to live and just because someone has different views then you does not mean they are wrong or should be viewed as bad.

]]> 2016-11-01 13:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134457960 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458124 This novel was definitely one of the more interesting ones i have read in my high-school career. It showed great African literature, and conveyed a very unique perspective on how to look at different cultures that one does not know about. IT should be viewed through a single lens, rather looked at from their perspective.]]> 2016-11-01 13:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458124 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458185 I have to admit, it was hard to like the protagonist. Even to the end, until the moment the reader can feel the regret in the last few chapters, I couldn't find myself to compare him to a hero of any sort. But that might just be my modern centric ]]> 2016-11-01 13:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458185 https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458327 I thought it was overall a good novel. I think that it was trying to portray a little bit of self control. Rash actions while in the moment seem right, but can often lead to worse outcomes. Sometimes its best to just ride the train and see where it takes you.]]> 2016-11-01 13:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_estabrook_wa/xa3wzzy4q1ha/wish/134458327