terms

Bildungsroman is a coming of age novel that arose during the German Enlightenment
    - author presents psychological, moral and social shaping of the character's personality (usually the
      protagonist)
Identity Plot is when the protagonist comes to learn who they are - their identity
Elements of Identity Plot
1. Narrative revolves around the question of hot to define and understand a character's identity
2. Character must be a minority within a larger society
3. Character is at odds with the minority group that he/she is apart of
4. Character needs to be conflicted about his difference from the majority and about his difference from the minority
5. Authenticity and origin are always at stake in a character's quest for personal identity. Even when these are absent, their absence alone signifies something crucial to the character's identity.
Variations
1. Character may seem to be a member of the majority group
2. Character is not conflicted about membership to a minority group (will or won't betray the group)
3. Characters resist having an identity that is stable
4. May be multiple people whose identities are at stake
5. Variations of fiction based on fact
6. Identity is not based on race of ethnicity
      - personal differences

things fall apart

Okonkwo
- very masculine
- support traditions no matter what
- tries very hard to be nothing like his father
- very concerned with what others think of him (narcissistic?) - almost obsession
- Achievements = 5 heads, best yam farmer, 3 wives plus a wife who ran away from her previous husband to be with him
Unoka - Ok.'s dad
Nwoye - Ok.'s oldest son (from his 1st wife)
Ikefuna - Ok.'s adopted son
Ekwefi - Ok.'s 2nd and favorite wife
Ezinma - daughter of Ekwefi
Nwakibie - elder who gives Ok. his 1st yam seeds
- Ok. plants these seeds to early (same time as every one else) and his crops are wiped out by a great rain
- Ok. vows he will only follow his own advice for when to plant
Obierika - Ok.'s best friend, and polar opposite
Uchendu - Ok.'s Uncle
Mr. Brown - British missionary
Rev. Mr. Smith - British missionary
Direct Commissioner - British government official and judge












okonkwo is very strong.. the complete opposite of his father
is violent in the week of peace which is really really bad..

the guest

the guest takes pace in algeria where daru has to take the arab to prison because the arab killed the darus people and the arab has to pay the price. daru feels bad because the arab has no idea of what is going to happen to him or what his fate is when he reaches the prison. at the end of the story daru takes the arab to the end of the road where he makes the arab choose his own fate. in one direction there is the prison where the arab will die and in the other direction is another country in which the arab will be able to survive.. in the end the arab walks the path towards his death... when daru gets back into the school house there is a message on the board saying 'you turned in our brother you will pay for this..

Power/Powerlessness

Humanity and Brotherhood

Colonized and the Colonizer