Things Fall Apart

Question 1

what is an ideal father

Answer 1

cultivate the family welth and resources
serves as the family priest and spiritual leader
provider for the family
defender of its honor
teaching to his sons

Question 2

what is an ideal mother

Answer 2

main duty is to add to the family line by bearing healthy children
also to please the husband
to inspire and fuel the father with ideas to develop the family

Question 3

what is an ideal child’s role

Answer 3

they are the inheritors if the future and are raised to continue to value the older generation
male children should be 100% under the fathers mentorship
female children should be 100% under the mothers mentorship

Question 4

what are the basis of an ideal family

Answer 4

mutal respect for eachother
revernence for all past fathers
unity

Question 5

why is family important

Answer 5

it is the most fundamental unit of society and its structure can be expanded to fit a whole community

Question 6

defenition of family in igbo culture

Answer 6

a group of people living under one household who may or may not be blood or marriage related

Question 7

why do the ibgo’s like to have an extended family setting

Answer 7

it helps with the upbringing of the children
it reduced finacial burden and woes of the elderly members of the household (becuase all work together)

Question 8

reasons why Okonkwo’s family fits the idea igbo family

Answer 8

• Okonkwo beated his wives (defender of honor)
• taking in of Ikemefuna shows the extened family household
• Ezinma and her mother showed that they fit the ideal mother daughter relation as she was under her mothers influence 24/7

Question 9

reasons why Okonkwo’s family DID NOT fit the ideal igbo family

Answer 9

• Unoka (okonkwos father) was very ill-fated and died at an early age. there was nothing for okonkwo to inherate so they did not follow the ideal
• Okonkwo did not obey the week of peace as he beated his son

Question 10

what were achebe’s intentions in TFA

Answer 10

• To show what life was like in pre-colonial Nigeria
• To celebrate, respect or explore traditional Igbo customs and beliefs
• To show the grandeur and the weakness of pre-colonial Igbo society
• To redress the balance of historical accounts of colonisation
• To criticise colonisation
• To criticise the ideas behind colonialism
• To emphasise the tragedy and tragic effects of colonisation

Question 11

summary of Achebe’s intentions

Answer 11

to show what life was like in Umofia in the late 1800’s from an Igbo perspective and their veiw of the Christians