Characters-Things Fall Apart
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Unoka | -Okonkwo's unsuccesful, debt laden father. |
| Ezinma | -Okonkwo's favorite child; Okonkwo constantly wishes that she were a son. Ekwefi's only living child. |
| Obierika | -cautioned Okonkwo not to kill Ikemefuna, is also Okonkwo's best friend. |
| Chiele | -Took Ezinma to the oracle's cave, Priestess of Agbala |
| Mr. Brown | -Discussed religion with Akunna, first white christian missionary, is accomodating and understanding.BRITISH |
| Ekwefi | -Many of her children died in infancy, Okonkwo's second wife. |
| Ogbange | -Evil child who died and was reborn |
| Hanged | -Okonkwo's method of suicide |
| Father | -What Ikemefuna called Okonkwo |
| Yams | -Staple crop of the villagers |
| Machete | -Okonkwo used it to kill the messenger |
| Wrestling | -Sport enjoyed by the villagers |
| Ezeudu | -His relatives cleansed Okonkwo's land. |
| Uchendu | -Okonkwo's mothers relative |
| Obi | -Traditional village hut. |
| Mr. Smith | -Didn't compromise of accomodate, second christian missionary. |
| Egwugwu | -Ancestral spirit masqueraders |
| Government | -White man brought it with religion |
| Okonkwo | -Saw that things were falling apart, main character, is a fierce warrior and farmer, also he is determined to overcome the stigma left by his father's laziness and wastefulness; changes by being selfish and confident (had land and family and goals) to being humble (in exile) to being angry ( dissatisfied when he goes to his home land) to being suicidal (hanging himself);fears being weak |
| Achebe | -Author of things fall apart, first name is chinua. |
| Nwoye | -changes thoughout the book; at begining- lazy and lacks confidence and Okonkwo believes him to resemble his father and is weak; Ikemefuna comes and he becomes energetic and in favor of his father; In the end -he is a Christian not in favor with his father and in doubt of the rules of his tribe |
| Ikemefuna | -A boy given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village. Ikemefuna lives in the hut of Okonkwo's first wife and quickly becomes popular with Okonkwo's children. He develops an especially close relationship with Nwoye who looks up to him. Okonkwo too becomes very fond of Ikemefuna, who calls him "father" and is a perfect clansman, but Okonkwo does not demonstrate his affection because he fears that doing so would make him look weak. |
| Iron horse | bicycle |
| Commisioner | - An authority figure in the white colonial government in Nigeria. The prototypical racist colonialist, the District Commissioner thinks that he understands everything about native African customs and cultures and he has no respect for them. He plans to work his experiences into an ethnographic study on local African tribes, the idea of which embodies his dehumanizing and reductive attitude toward race relations. |
| Mbanta | -Okonkwo's motherland |
| Importance of the Title | -in the novel the religion and culture literally fell apart; GOVERNMENT- the elders left and the commisioners came, RELIGION-instead of being sent to exile you would be sent to jail, SOCIAL STRUCTURE- Several wives will go down to one wife with the British control |
| Okonkwo | - Like Piggy he represented the rule of law; he crossed the line of the government and ended up dying |
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