DO NOW: Review your 3-2-1 Reading Journal to prepare for seminar.
Objectives:
- identify problems with Igbo society that Achebe believes may have contributed to its colonialist destruction.
Agenda:
- do now
- Socratic Seminar 9-10 – break into groups; appoint a Facilitator to keep the discussion going
- Sharing main topics of interest/ observations
- Discuss this quote by Achebe: “The coming of the missionaries is very complex, and I cannot simply assign blame to this man or that man. The society itself was already heading toward destruction…[but] Europe has a lot of blame...There were internal problems that made it possible for the Europeans to come in. Somebody showed them the way. A conflict between two brothers enables a stranger to reap their harvest.”
4. Class discussion:
-What problems with Igbo society can you point to that may be partially responsible for its destruction during colonialism?
-How are spiritual beliefs a necessary component of the structure/organization of Igbo society?
-How is Igbo society complex in ways that Conrad and other western writers did not understand?
-How does Okonkwo both exemplify the strengths of his society, and also seriously conflict with its values?
-Achebe: “No man can be greater or wiser than his community, no matter how important he is.”
5. Summarize: How might the belief in the egwugwu spirits harm the Igbo upon the arrival of the colonists/ missionaries?
HW: Read ch 11-13 + 3-2-1 Discussion Journal
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