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The Life and Works of Chinua Achebe
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Time Line of Chinua Achebe's Life
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The Historical and Cultural Context of Things Fall Apart
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Technique and Theme in Things Fall Apart
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Characters in Things Fall Apart
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Places in Things Fall Apart
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Echoes
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Map of Africa
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Map of Nigeria
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Images of Igbo Life
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Part 1
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Respond to the Selection, Chapters 1-5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Respond to the Selection, Chapters 6-8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Respond to the Selection, Chapters 9-13
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Part 2
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Respond to the Selection, Chapters 14-19
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Part 3
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Respond to the Selection, Chapters 20-25
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Glossary of Igbo Words and Phrases
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Plot Analysis of Things Fall Apart
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Related Readings
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"Going Home Was a Sad Awakening," Marjorie Coeyman, The Christian Science Monitor (news article)
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"An African Voice," interview with Chinua Achebe by Katie Bacon, Atlantic Unbound (interview)
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"The Second Coming," William Butler Yeats (poem)
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"Lament of the Sacred Python," Chinua Achebe (poem)
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from Kehinde, Buchi Emecheta (novel excerpt)
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"Heaven Is Not Closed," Bessie Head (short story)
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"Should My Tribal Past Shape Delia's Future?," Dympna Ugwu-Oju, Newsweek (personal essay)
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Creative Writing Activities
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Critical Writing Activities
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Projects
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Glossary of Words for Everyday Use
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Handbook of Literary Terms
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