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        <title><![CDATA[It sounds like you have to identify a belief/perspective/assumption...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-can-case-an-underlying-belief-perspective-120051</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It sounds like you have to identify a belief/perspective/assumption rather than constructing one of your own.  Your teacher's use of the word "underlying" indicates that you are supposed to identify a belief/perspective/assumption that is not directly stated.  Here are some questions to get you going:
Base on evidence from the text, how does Chinua Achebe feel about people who colonize other countries?  Does he make colonialism look like a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:32:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what can be a case for an underlying belief, perspective, or assumption...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-can-case-an-underlying-belief-perspective-120051</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what can be a case for an underlying belief, perspective, or assumption in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:16:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a traditional fable that Ekwefi tells Ezinma in Chapter 11. In...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/why-dont-birds-want-tortoise-join-them-feast-sky-119091</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is a traditional fable that Ekwefi tells Ezinma in Chapter 11. In the story, the land is suffering a drought, &amp; it is a time of famine. But all the birds are invited to a feast in the sky, and when Tortoise finds out, he insists they bring him along.
The birds don't want to, because they know he cannot be trusted. Tortoise represents everything the Ibo people despise: he's lazy, dishonest, and likes to trick those around him. However,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:36:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why don't the birds want tortoise to join them at the feast in the sky?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why don't the birds want tortoise to join them at the feast in the sky?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:05:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Ibo have a complex justice system, that involves all members of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-justice-system-does-ibo-culture-have-before-48913</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Ibo have a complex justice system, that involves all members of the community. The role of judges are played by the egwugwu, who are prominent citizens of the village wearing masks. The masks represent the ancestral spirits of the village, who pass judgment upon the accused.
Each person who brings a suit to the egwugwu gains a trial, during which both sides plead their cases, much like prosecutors and defenders in contemporary legal...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:30:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Given that Achebe grew up in Nigeria with parents who knew the Ibo...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/group/discuss/objectivity-thinfs-fall-apart-1729#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Given that Achebe grew up in Nigeria with parents who knew the Ibo culture (although I believe both had converted to Christianity), he has the right to both criticize and praise the culture.  Rather than examine the actual rituals, look at the ways in which they affect the Ibo people.  A ritual/custom that affects people badly is probably not an author favorite.  A ritual/custom that seems to benefit people might be favored by the author.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:37:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Keep in mind that Christianity is not the only religion depicted in...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/group/discuss/christianity-things-fall-apart-1181#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Keep in mind that Christianity is not the only religion depicted in Things Fall Apart.  Achebe focuses on Ibo religious practices, too.  Does Achebe draw any parallels between Christian and Ibo practices?  This would indicate that he is expressing views on religion in general.  Does he completely separate Ibo and Christian religious practices?  If so, does he seem to "prefer" one?  Does he deal with religion by itself, or with the people...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:35:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think you should base your essay around an unanswered question of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think you should base your essay around an unanswered question of yours.  Do you wonder something about a certain character and and his/her personality?  Do you wonder why a character is included in the text at all?  Do you wonder how the District Commissioner's book relates to the rest of the story?  In the process of considering/researching a question that you don't have the answer for, you will actually be finding evidence to support...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:33:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You can use the story of the turtle and the birds to determine the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/group/discuss/chapter-11-49621#2</link>
        <description><![CDATA[You can use the story of the turtle and the birds to determine the answer to your first question.
Who is the story directed at (what age group)?  You can figure this out just by thinking of who the story is told to.
What is the story supposed to do for its reader?  Is is supposed to be entertaining or educational?  Does it have a moral?  If lots of people are being told lots of stories like this one, how might Ibo society be affected?
As...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:21:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here are a few questions to guide you toward an answer:
Is colonization...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/did-whites-represented-book-treat-people-this-117169</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Here are a few questions to guide you toward an answer:
Is colonization (the system under which a country "claims" land outside of its boundaries as its property) ever "fair"?  Do the missionaries/colonial officials have any right to be in Nigeria in the first place?
Do the white characters respect the Ibo's right to land/property?
Do the white characters demonstrate an interest in/respect for ibo custom/religion?
Does the colonial government...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:19:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you want to examine free will and predermination in the text, you...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you want to examine free will and predermination in the text, you need to ask yourself two basic questions:
At what points do I see Okonkwo exhibit free will (the ability to affect his circumstances through his own decisions and actions)?  At what points is Okonkwo able to acheive something through his own efforts?  At what points is he able to rise above his background/circumstances/difficulties because he tries to?
At what points to I...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:45:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are these changes and why do they cause the elders to fear for the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-these-changes-why-do-they-cause-elders-fear-118391</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are these changes and why do they cause the elders to fear for the younger generation and the future of the clan?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what are literary techniques used mostly in the noval  "Things fall...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-literary-techniques-used-mostly-noval-things-118023</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what are literary techniques used mostly in the noval  "Things fall apart"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:29:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The only rule is that the in-laws must return the bride-price. In...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The only rule is that the in-laws must return the bride-price. In chapter 10, the egwugwu are introduced. They sit as judges for all matters of the Ibo court. They hear a case in which a woman has escaped her husband, and he demands the bride-price returned. However, he treated her so poorly during their marriage, even beating her while she was pregnant &amp; when she was ill, that his in-laws see no reason to return her or the bride-price....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did the whites as represented in Things Fall Apart treat the people...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/did-whites-represented-book-treat-people-this-117169</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Did the whites as represented in Things Fall Apart treat the people of this section of Nigeria fairly?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/did-whites-represented-book-treat-people-this-117169</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:54:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the law in Umofia concerning the bride-price of a woman who runs...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/things-fall-apart/q-and-a/what-law-unofia-concerning-bride-price-woman-who-117137</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the law in Umofia concerning the bride-price of a woman who runs away from her husband in Things Fall Apart?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:03:12 PST</pubDate>
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