First, listen to an analysis of a paragraph from Chapter 2 of Things Fall Apart.
NOTE: download this audio file in RM format here (PCs: right-click on this link to download the file.)
Or you can download the same file in MP3 format here.
You probably already have a program on your computer that will pay audio files.
If you don't, download and install the free VLC player from this link (Windows) or this link (Mac).
(You can also listen to the RM file with the free RealPlayer. Download it (for PCs) here. For Macintosh, download here.)
You should not have any trouble locating this passage in your edition. It begins: "Umuofia was feared by all its neighbors."
Have your book open to the passage so you can follow along as it proceeds.
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Writing Assignment: Please write 350 words or a bit more about this paragraph.
Then, send them to your group (if we have been divided into groups yet. And to me!
Make sure you read all the contributions of those in your group, as well!
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Then, please read over the story of the Quarrel between the Earth and the Sky (Fawcett edition pp. 52-53; other editions -- find it towards the beginning of Chapter 7).
Read the paragraph in Ch. 4, "At first Ikemefuna ..." (In recent editions, pp. 27-8).
Read the paragraph in Chapter 2, "Okonkwo ruled his household ..." (p. 13).
Discuss these paragraphs carefully and in detail. Relate them to the rest of the novel, which you have now read and written on.