PPT-Proverbs and Fables of Things Fall Apart

Tuesday January 19th Warm up Date Describe your favorite childrens story What was it about Why did you like it Targets To understand how and why Achebe uses proverbs in Things Fall Apart. 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 India Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe In the novel Achebe explains the role of women in pre colonial Africa Women are relegated to an inferior position throughout the novel Their status has been degraded Ge by Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe remains the most read African author in . the world. . Things Fall Apart. enormously successful first novel, published in 1958. has sold millions of copies and has been . Moses was accustomed to being honored as a prince. ! Moses was shocked when his brothers rejected him, having never been rejected before. ! Most of us, quite unlike Moses, are surpri In almost eve An introduction. Chinua Achebe (pronounced Chin-. ew. -ah A-. chay. -bay). born in Eastern Nigeria, West Africa, in 1930.. father . Isiah. . converted . willingly to Christianity . in his youth and . Fables are short stories. Fables are fiction. The characters are usually animals. The animals talk and act like people. There are usually 2 or 3 characters. What are fables?. Morals. A moral is the lesson learned in the story.. What are fables?. A fable is another type of story, also passed down from generation to generation and told to teach a lesson about something. .. Fables . are about animals that can talk and act like people, or plants or forces of nature like . Fables. Definition. : A brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth. Origin. : Found in almost every country. Handed down from generation to generation as oral literature. Content. : Usually contains incidents that relate to the unusual, sometimes supernatural. Please copy into the Class Notes section of your notebook.. Allegory = the . l. iterary . f. orm . of . Lord of the Flies. The . literary form of the . animal fable. has been used for centuries. . Animal fables are short stories that teach a moral lesson. They include animals that often talk and act like humans. (Ex: Aesop’s fables). Proverbs 4:23. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.. . Proverbs 4:23. Keep . thy . heart . with all . diligence. ; for out of it are the . issues . of . life. Fables are fiction. The characters are usually animals. The animals talk and act like people. There are usually 2 or 3 characters. What are fables?. Morals. A moral is the lesson learned in the story.. Stay Humble. Pride: a puffed up view of self (pride is about me being glorified). Proverbs 16:18. Matthew 23:12. Proverbs 16:18. Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.. Matthew 23:12. “. A quick-tempered man . acts foolishly. , and a man of wicked intentions is hated.”. Proverbs 14:17. When you lack all the facts:. “. He who answers a matter . before he hears it. , it is folly and shame to him.”. List. Phaedrus’ Fables. A fable is a story in which . animals. speak and act like human beings.. Usually the fable illustrates a . moral. .. The most famous writer of fables was the Greek writer, .