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THINGS FALL APART LQ Can I analyse how Achebe presents the Religious struggle through his language choice structure and form TERMINOLOGY onomatopoeia repetition alliteration sibilance simile metaphor personification . Achebe wrote TFA in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who QHHGHG57347WR57347EH57347HQOLJKWHQHG57347E57347WKH57347XURSHDQV5736157347FKHEH57347SUHVHQWV57347WR57347WKH57347UHDGHU57347KLV57347SHRSOH57526V57347KLVWRU57347 with Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart is a triumph of repetition in its own language Its translation in to French by Michel Ligny is a piece of effrontery T his paper analyses th e translatio of repetitions as part of comic musical symbolic and aest heti I d thi i th contex o communalism whic involve th mutua dependenc betwee individual an community Thi depen dence whic provide th foundatio fo people actions characters an iden tities i founde o th vie tha peopl hav comple normativ an spiritua relati Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. by Chinua Achebe. Written: . 1959. , Nigeria. 3. rd. person omniscient point . of . view. Setting: . 1890s in.  Lower Nigerian villages. , especially . Iguedo. Conflicts. By: Tessa Brown and Nicole Schnabel. Anesis (an-NEE-sis). :.   . A figure of addition that occurs when a concluding sentence, clause, or phrase is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated. . --Chinua Achebe Nigeria Size 823,770 km 2 (about twice the size of California) growth 2.9% Infant mortalit y 69.46 per 1,000 births Life expectancy 53 Literacy 47% Major religions 50% Muslim An introduction to a most celebrated African novel. Setting. . Novel is set in the 1890s. Africa is being colonized by the British and other European countries. It’s a mad scramble for land, resources and labor. Emily . Werner. Block 1-4. Thesis . In the tragic novel, . Things Fall Apart. , . C. hinua Achebe illustrates the theme that actions have consequences through the use of a simile, flashback, and symbol.. (1990s-present). Focuses on the literature produced by both the colonizers and the colonized. Explores the effects of colonization, including social, economic, political, religious effects, and specifically, explores the suffering of colonial cultures. Chinua Achebe - Goodreads. Chinua Achebe was a novelist, poet, professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Chinua Achebe. Today: . Summarize Chinua Achebe’s life and background on European colonization. Connect . background information on European colonization to Chinua Achebe’s writings. Thursday: . Vocabulary terms, read story. Today, each group is assigned an article to read and annotate. . 1. Read the article.. 2. Annotate the article.. 3. Answer the questions at the end of the article.. 4. Prepare a lecture based on your topic. Each group member MUST present!. Things Fall Apart. Born Albert . Chinualumogu. Achebe in 1930 in Nigeria. Born to Ibo parents who were deeply Protestant; he was raised in the Protestant denomination. Highly educated, often wrote about world religion and traditional African culture. .  . Nigerian Life.   . •. -Food varies greatly depending on region. •. -TV’s, VCR’s, and Radios are popular where electricity is available.. •. Celebrate some holidays, including their independence day, which is October 1st, and workers day, which is May 1st..