1. Talk in groups of 3 about what you learned in your interviews. Any surprises? Any interesting insights into your interviewee? Share on the board and discuss.
2. What does it mean to be reasonable? Free write for five minutes. Then dsicuss: Is Okonkwo a reasonable man?
3. "The seven wasted and weary years were at last dragging to a close." How are we to manage the narrator's bias in regards to Okonkwo's stay in his motherland. In what ways does this influence our understanding of Okonwo's experience?
4. Nneka: significance of the name and repeated usage of it. Interesting ....
5. Does the acceptance of a new religion signify progress or change? What's the difference? The old man suggests the connectivity of the clan is weakening. Are the young people ignorant? disrespectful? Or, is the old man ignorant to the new ways?
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