2nd Block - Things Fall Apart - Response to Historical Context by Vanessa Halling https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw Please describe your biggest takeaway from the video you viewed yesterday about the historical context for Things Fall Apart. en-us 2021-01-04 03:57:17 UTC 2025-11-08 16:30:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Historical Context -Dulce https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059693018 My biggest take away from the video is the author wrote the book because all the books he would read about Africa were in the POV of the colonizers rather than the colonized so he decided to write a book that didn't depict them as savages. ]]> 2021-01-06 15:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059693018 Olivia https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059696553 my biggest takeaway was learning that "Things fall apart" was one of the first books told from the perspective of an African. That makes this story much more important and credible.]]> 2021-01-06 15:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059696553 Historical Context - Shariale https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059696907 My biggest takeaway from the video was that the author's purpose of writing the book was to call out the wrong doings of the Europeans colonizing parts of Africa when they are not needed. ]]> 2021-01-06 15:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059696907 takeaway - abigail hollis 8575471 https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059697298 I learned that the book was written from a colonized African's point of view]]> 2021-01-06 15:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059697298 Dayahna https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059698080 The biggest take away from the video was that the author Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart to showcase colonization from African people point of view.

]]> 2021-01-06 15:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059698080 Hamza https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059699148 My biggest takeaway from the video was that the author of the book "Things Fall Apart" wrote his book so people could learn about the perspective of the African tribes during the colonization of Africa by the Europeans. ]]> 2021-01-06 15:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059699148 Jordan Robinson https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059700443 The biggest take away was that there is 2 sides to every story.

]]> 2021-01-06 15:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059700443 Kaylee Johnson https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059702758 My biggest takeaway is the breakdown of African culture after European colonization and how Achebe's family called non-Christians "people of nothing" - even his own uncle. It's quite interesting (but sad) how indoctrination works. I also thought it was pretty cool how this book was influential in the Civil Rights Movement.]]> 2021-01-06 15:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059702758 Muhaiya Hall https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059706047 My biggest take away from the book is that this book was the start of people of color/ Africans speaking up for them selves for once. Everyone always told their side of the story from third person point of view but now we first person]]> 2021-01-06 15:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059706047 Rylen R https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059706292 I think my biggest takeaway on the book was that it is based off of Achebe's Point of View and not a colonizer's.]]> 2021-01-06 15:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059706292 Yenneri Santos https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059710675 The biggest take away from the video was how the book "Things Fall Apart" was written from Africans point of view during colonization. ]]> 2021-01-06 15:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059710675 nick story https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059713360 my biggest takeaway was it took place so long ago from when nigeria gained independence]]> 2021-01-06 15:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059713360 Prentis Hinton https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059725098 My biggest take away from the book is that for once, this 
book was the beginning of people of Africans speaking up for themselves. 


]]> 2021-01-06 15:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059725098 Benjamin Roberts 8595587 https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059761541 My biggest take away from the video giving context to the book, is that different cultures have different perspectives about each other, and there are many similarities and contrasts that are very interesting.]]> 2021-01-06 15:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059761541 Hayla Scott https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059833242 My biggest takeaway from the video is that the book is actually written from an African’s point of view rather than a white person’s point of view which means that his perspective would be more accurate.]]> 2021-01-06 15:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1059833242 Schyler Phelps https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060152093 The biggest takeaway from the video is that it was written from an African's point of view during that time.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060152093 Mia Coppiano https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060448837 My biggest takeaway from the video is that both sides are important and it is very valuable information

]]> 2021-01-06 18:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060448837 Sara Vassar https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060906509 My biggest takeaway is that it’s coming from a Africans pov instead of a white persons pov. ]]> 2021-01-06 19:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1060906509 Jayvion Livingston https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1061754210 What I learned from the video is that the point of view is pinpointing the Africans perspective.]]> 2021-01-07 02:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1061754210 Jeffrey Rion https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1079860401 My biggest takeaway from the video is that even though the author was raised a Christian he chose an alternate lifestyle once he grew up.]]> 2021-01-12 18:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/v_halling/yrjlrh523o8pbpmw/wish/1079860401