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Based off the book Things Fall Apart, the videos we watched in class, and the poem “The White Man’s Burden”, the white man’s burden of spreading Christianity was more harmful than helpful. In both the book and the film the African Tribes were already fully functional as a whole. They had systems in place such as forms of government, art, social systems, and economic systems. After the whites came to convert them, things started to fall apart and become chaotic.

Another way is knowing how to construct patterns help with learning and storing new information. According to Willis, “Once you become “brain wise,” you know how to seek and construct patterns of new information that match the way your brain most successfully stores information.” People know the importance of taking time think about what strategies helped them succeed. Another way is social, emotion, and academic intelligence is within every person’s control. With

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines the word adapt as a verb and its meaning is “to make suitable or fit (as in for new use or different conditions)” (14). Most people in the United States would say that the ability to adapt is simply a part of the American way of life. Americans have always relied on this trait from the early days of British colonization to present times. It can be demonstrated in all facets of life. Adaptability was the reason the old frontier was populated; people adjusted to the unfamiliar climates, conditions, and lands. Immigrants were able to and continue to be adapt to the American culture and thrive in the United States. Americans adapted to the threat of the enemy during World War II and had to acclimate to a life full of restrictions in their day to day activities. In the military, soldiers must adapt to a new way of thinking to allow themselves to become warriors. Now Americans must adapt to a life lived in view of everyone with the use social media and camera ready cell phones. Throughout the course of American history and into our present times American citizens have depended on their ability to adapt; whether it be mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. It was imperative that citizens were adaptable in the past and it continues to be so today, not only to survive but to prosper.

Most people in the United States would say that the ability to adapt is simply a part of the American way of life. Americans have always relied on this trait since the early days of British colonization to present times. It can be demonstrated in all facets of life. Adaptability was the reason the old frontier was populated; people adjusted to the unfamiliar climates, conditions, and landscapes. New immigrants were able to adapt to the culture and thrive in the United States, and they continue to. Americans adapted to the threat of the enemy during World War II and needed to accustom themselves to a life full of restrictions on their day-to-day activities. In the military, soldiers adapt to a new way of thinking in order to allow themselves to become warriors. Currently, Americans must adapt to a life lived in view of everyone with the use of social media and camera-ready cell phones. Throughout the course of American history and into our present times, American citizens have depended on their ability to adapt, whether it be mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. It was imperative that citizens were adaptable in the past, and it continues to be so today. The adaptability trait is not only necessary to survive, but it is also an important factor to prosper, as the life of Louie Zamperini demonstrates.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a novel about a man in West Africa. It tells about his triumphs and trial ultimately leading to his demise. It explains how the “white man” came into his country and took over. It show you how the “white man” mad things fall apart.

Like Okonkwo, Olunde stands alone. He acts alone, and no one can tell him what to do. He prides himself in his accomplishments, but ultimately he recognizes that his education was not his shining achievement. He understands that that education and the degree comes at a price. But even Olunde, like Okonkwo, has a sense of tradition and heritage and cultural obligation which grounds him. Like Okonkwo fulfilling the oracle’s prophecy to kill Ikemefuna, Olunde must return to the village to bury his father. When it becomes clear that the Horseman is not prepared to follow the King in death, Olunde steps up to replace him. In a conversation with Joseph, another black man who has adopted European ways through religion, Simon Pilkings says, “What

Sara Orozco 12/07/15 Period 2 Mrs.Smith In the novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo has a strong negative response towards the Western ideas coming into the ibo culture.

Roy’s adaptation model is described as promoting a person’s adaptation in the four adaptive models which include physiologic needs, self-concept, role function, and interdependent relations (Hood, 2014, p. 135). Roy uses the approach of adaptation in the response to external stimulus. A stimulus can elicit a response, but it is the way that a person can adapt to the stimulus that will allow the person to cope (Roy, 2014, p.135). For example, a person may encounter an illness but how the person deals with it and the resources at hand will make the difference in their coping. Roy describes that there are two coping mechanisms that can affect our mind and also our body systems (Hood, 2014, p.134).

Allowing yourself to never grow will result in wasted potential. Stagnant water attracts bugs and all sorts of nasty things, just as someone who refuses to grow will too. By refusing to evolve and adapt to the world moving around them, a person will gather dust, left behind by those who allow themselves to evolve. By questioning all that makes us who we are, we can see the truth behind our self and learn the meaning of who we are as people. Being able to reflect can give us the ability to make choices better equipped, rather than left in the dark.

The novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe is a story about personal beliefs, customs and also about conflict. There is struggle between family and within culture and it also deals with the concept of culture and the notion of the values and traditions within a culture. The word culture is Latin and means to cultivate. To cultivate has several meanings; it can mean to plow, fertilize, raise and plant, to win someone’s friendship, woo and take favor with, to ingratiate oneself with, to better, refine, elevate, educate, develop and enrich. In Things Fall Apart all these words are accurate in describing the culture of Umuofia. A culture is an

In 1958, Chinua Achebe, originally named Albert Achebe and recipient of Nigeria’s National Merit Award, published a novel titled Things Fall Apart. In this novel, colonialism is effectively depicted in the Igbo society through the perspective of Okonkwo, the protagonist. Moreover, in the Igbo society, changes were seen in certain aspects of their lives like in their customs, beliefs, and religion. I will explain self-created interpretations based on how both colonists and Malcolm X’s followers could have read and interpreted the text differently.

Question ( 2 ): Discuss Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe 's “Things Fall Apart” is a tragic hero.

Author Ralph Waldo wrote, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." What he wrote is true. In order to grow in this fashion, one must expand their knowledge of other things besides what they have already mastered. You will not grow if you focus all of your energy mastering one specific thing. You will remain in one state, without growing. This could be like an artist who masters a specific form of art, but tries to master a new form of art. This could be a coach who knows all about a sport, but learns another sport to try and coach it. This could also be a language expert who knows all about one specific language, but tries to learn a new language. If you do not expand your knowledge, you will never

As you could probably guess from the title, Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece is no cheery fairy tale. From the moment it opens with W.B. Yeats’s haunting poem, pieces are being chipped away and fall silently to the dust. However, things do not truly fall apart until the final act and freezing conclusion. Although the storytelling and plot is very straightforward, (usually erring on the blunt side of the rhetorical spectrum) the true genius of the book lies in its subtleties. By the end of the story things have fallen apart for Okonkwo and his people, but it's not until that ending that the reader can put the pieces together to fully appreciate the novel’s important and profound message.

Women are often thought of as the weaker, more vulnerable of the two sexes. Thus, women’s roles in literature are often subdued and subordinate. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, women are repressed by an entrenched structure of the social repression. Women suffer great losses in this novel but, also in certain circumstances, hold tremendous power. Achebe provides progressively changing attitudes towards women’s role. At first glance, the women in Things Fall Apart may seem to be an oppressed group with little power and this characterization is true to some extent. However, this characterization of Igbo women reveals itself to be prematurely simplistic as well as limiting, once