1.27.2011.  Positive  Negative  Why do you think Okonkwo killed himself? Is this consistent or inconsistent with his character to? Explain.

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 Positive  Negative

 Why do you think Okonkwo killed himself? Is this consistent or inconsistent with his character to? Explain.

 Evaluate Okonko’s character traits  Analyze plot in Things Fall Apart

 Illustrate your understanding of Okonkwo’s character?  Using quotes, images, symbols, quotes and reflections  Explain your illustration on the lines given below. 1 Paragraph  You are not drawing the character, but

 Recall  Why do the villagers destroy the church?  Interpreting  Why did Okonkwo violate the law and take his own life?  Applying  What might have happened to Okonkwo if the court messenger had not arrived to break up the meeting of the village men?  What do you imagine the life of Okonkwo’s son Nwoye, now called Isaac, will be like in the future?

 Recall  How is Okonkwo received when he returns to Umofia?  Why do the villagers destroy the church?  Interpreting  When Mr. Brown debates religious issues with the village elder, who wins the debate?  Why did Okonkwo violate the law and take his own life?  Applying  What might have happened to Okonkwo if the court messenger had not arrived to break up the meeting of the village men?  What do you imagine the life of Okonkwo’s son Nwoye, now called Isaac, will be like in the future?

 What event is the high point of interest, the climax of the plot  In the early development of the plot, the main conflict is internal. What is this conflict?  The inciting incident introduces the central conflict. What is the inciting incident? What similarity exists between the event that is the inciting incident and the event that is the climax? What do these events reveal about Okonkwo’s internal conflict?  What is the external conflict that develops in Parts 2 and 3?  How does the external conflict mirror the earlier internal conflict?  What is the resolution of the plot? How does this even bring both the internal conflict and the external conflict to an end?