Before I began this book I was not very excited or interested in the topic of the book. As I started reading it, I began to relate it to what I went through in my teenage years and it was very similar. It motivated and interested me to keep reading along.
Hersch wanted to know why teenagers are "acting out" or doing the "wrong" things. But not only about the "troublemakers", she also wanted to know about the normal teenagers and know what they were going through. She does this by going to schools to observe how the adolescents interact with each other. After a few months of that research she begins to go more in depth into eight teenagers lives. She wants to know everything about them: what they think about, why they think certain things, why they do what they do, etc.
She studies the teenagers by interviewing them, by not letting them know exactly what she is getting at. She does this by taking them to eat or to a park, where they can feel comfortable or at ease to act natural and tell her the through. She did not want them to "act" or say things that don't really relate to their lives. She wanted them to be open and honest. The way she made that possible was by listening to them, understanding them, and not judging them. She was almost like a "friend" to them. They could tell her their deepest secrets because she gained this trust with them. .
This book directly related to what I went through in my high school and middle school years. I started to rebel when I was in the seventh grade and it got extremely worse when I reached ninth grade. I was into the drugs, alcohol, sex, parties, stress with family, etc. When it came down to it, I wasn't doing these actions because I liked it, I did it as a way to rebel or get attention. When I finally realized that and turned my life around it seems like everyone else started to do the opposite. The people who though it was so nasty that I smoked were now smoking and getting into trouble.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, is an historical narrative. ... Things Fall Apart is from the eyes of the colonized. ... The tribes had a very spiritual side. ... In Things Fall Apart, it evens explains their agricultural patterns. ... In Things Fall Apart, that is exactly what the Igbo tribe was afraid of. ...
The characters in Things Fall Apart have their own personality. The main character of Things Fall Apart is okonkwo. ... Okonkwo character transforms throughout the story of things fall apart. ... He was very successful, soon becoming one of the leaders of his tribe, with many wives and children. His big goal was to become one of the powerful elders of the tribe. ...
Things Fall Apart The book, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, is about a man, Okonkwo, and his life in a tribe that he part of. ... Over time these tribes develop traditions that become a big part of their lives. ... The tribes would eventually have to decide whether or not to follow. ... The missionaries wanted to bring change to the tribe. ... The tribes were told to worship one god and get away from the evil ways. ...
Discuss this view of Things Fall Apart. ... In "Things fall apart" Achebe aims to show that Africa is not the "uncivilised, simple country" that it may be portrayed as by other cultures. ... "Things Fall Apart" is not necessarily about the past. ... When a tribe member dies, the Ibo people have two funerals. ... To read "Things Fall Apart" at a surface level would be to determine that Okonkwo and his tribe were both limited and simple. ...
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe is a very dramatic book which shows direct examples of how the white man did not necessarily benefit native lands as much as they believed. ... The main tribe that this book describes was a very dominant tribe. ... As the British gained power in the tribe, they began spreading their form of government through the tribe. ... He wanted to be the best and be apart of the best. ... Okonwo could have used his leadership to benefit his tribe instead of giving up on himself and the tribe. ...
Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, did a great job of describing the lifestyle of an African tribe in his book. ... Some of the reasons I think Things Fall Apart is a great book are the ending of the book, the description of the tribal customs, and the Okonkwo character. The customs of the Umuofia tribe are described very well in the book. While reading, you learn everything about the tribe that you need to know and everything that you don't need to know. ... Okonkwo felt, as do many people, that he had to be the richest and the most famous tribesman that lived in the tr...
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a reaction against Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe wants to give his readers a better understanding of the African cultures. ... The elders of the Ibo tribe get together and confront the accused tribe and bargain that they must release one virgin and a young boy. ... This symbolizes peace within the Ibo tribe. ... There is a search for this stone that consists of the entire Ibo tribe. ...
Things Fall Apart To be a man in the Ibo culture of Africa in the 1800s meant to live with honor above all. ... In Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart, he chooses to create a main character that displays the characteristics necessary for success in the tribe, like his dedication, courage, strength, and respectfulness. ... In the novel Things Fall Apart, like many cultures during the 1800's, European or African, the African Ibo tribe placed religion as a form of both a source of spiritual devotion and a law establishing committee. ... However, with the introduction of Europeans, ma...
Things Fall Apart To be a man in the Ibo culture of Africa in the 1800s meant to live with honor above all. ... In Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart, he chooses to create a main character that displays the characteristics necessary for success in the tribe, like his dedication, courage, strength, and respectfulness. ... In the novel Things Fall Apart, like many cultures during the 1800's, European or African, the African Ibo tribe placed religion as a form of both a source of spiritual devotion and a law establishing committee. ... However, with the introduction of Europeans, many...
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is set in the late nineteenth century, and shows the great conflict of white colonial government and the culture of the Igbo tribe. ... The Oracle of the tribe makes a decision to kill Ikemefuna, and the elders of the tribe inform Okonkwo of the Oracle's decision. ... Now one of the figure heads in the tribe had died. ... In Achebe's Things Fall Apart, he shows the great devastation that European colonization causes. The European missionaries went in the tribe and tore them apart. ...
