We had a great 2nd half discussion today with those who stayed. Our focus was characters. We made a tree map of Okonkwo's immediate family and also reviewed the minor characters. Then, we divided up and made bubble maps for major characters. These are posted outside the room for all to see.
Jeff and Danielle made a great point about the character of Nwoye during 5rd hour, which was that they didn't know if we could trust the decriptions of Nwoye in the text because they were all given from Okonkwo's perspective.
Many students talked about how much they disliked Okonkwo. In 6th hour, Kari said it was hard for her to even read the book because she was so angry with him. Thomas suggested it might be easier for guys to read the character. My opinion is that Achebe wants us to understand Okonkwo's motivations, even if we don't like him.
I'm finding that I really like the smaller groups for discussions. I'm interested to see how the mandatory discussion will go tomorrow. I have some ideas to keep things flowing.
A study tip for Thursday/Friday's quiz: Make bubble maps for the major characters if you weren't here for the optional session on Wed. You may also consider flow-mapping the major events in each chapter. People who were here may want to make a bubble map for Unoka, in addition to the characters we covered in class.
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