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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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Webquest--Lyndzie, Maggie, Mandeep, Alma, Jeanette and Cynthia
Webquest Article I
Imagine yourself as an Igbo man. You and some men are toiling at work. The children's laughter is echoing, and the regular gossiping of women. A normal and content day. But on a horrifying night where evil spirits roamed, a venomous snake bites you and leaves a mark forever. The venom spills in your life. The venom devastates your religion, values, morals, and yourself. It makes everything a question itself. Life becomes an enigma. This was the same effect Christianity had brought. Christianity did bring many opportunities such as education, literacy, and hope for the disadvantage. However, all these notions served as a blight, and the prospect of the new opportunities was not enough to suffice what they had lost. They had lost their values, morals, and themselves. New notions poured in, and most that were detrimental.
First, the position of women degenerated. Her importance grew only when she grew older, bore children, and earned approval of elderly. Before, the coming of the Europeans, women were regarded as equal, and were not considered lower. It was actually the Europeans that brought the idea that women were supposed to be locked in the walls of their homes. Was this the effect Europeans had brought? Christianity brought literacy, but to what gender. Only Males! Since, women were not regarded as equal to a man. Was this the start of concept that would prevail until today? A women's position in this society has grown to the point that women are regarded as equal to men, but the staining marks of the past do not go away. Women still suffer sexiest remarks.
Not only did colonialism affect women, but also the economy of some cities. Imagine a city, a palace, people with jewels, and pure luxury. Then imagine a hurricane coming in the city, and the city is destroyed by the hurricane. This was the same affect Affins had gone through. The rich city was Affins, and the hurricane that destroyed everything was the coming of the Europeans. Before the coming of the Europeans, Affins was regarded as a prosperous city. After, the coming of the Europeans the wealth degenerated. However, in some places their were cities that were gaining a lot of wealth with the coming of the Europeans. Wealth that was attained by selling Africans, and making them into slaves. The Europeans had caused them to lose themselves and their dignity. They were forced to be another mans slave. Imagine yourself, hungry as can be, and then eating food like you never had food for days. Now imagine yourself hungry for four days, and you are putting the morsel of food in your mouth, but then somebody knocks the food down. You are irate, but you cannot do anything. The person that knocked the food down is your owner, and you are obliged to do what he wants you to do. The Africans were snatched a birthright, and that is the ability to live the way they desired, and they were forced to do notions. Most Africans were belittled, ridiculed, cursed when angry, beaten when anger overflowed, and immersed with cruel labor for just the fun of it by their owners. The most horrifying truth is that they were sold by their own kin or by their own people. Before, they were content in their life, but now they have someone to boss them over. Kin turned against Kin.Their own people turned against them. They were devastated, because their values were squished, and underestimated.
The next notion is their values. Their values were being ripped off like the way a predator eats his prey. They did not consider the birth of twins a good notion, but after the coming there was the birth of twins. In a society were we live, killing twins is a big sin, but have you ever wondered that for them killing twins might be like killing a serial killer that was a blight to the society. Also, the Africans lost their morals, because they had the heart to kill for a new notion. In this race of picking a religion the ultimate defeat was of the supporters and of the non-supporters of Christianity. It was their defeat, because they had to fight against each other. The killing of a dear neighbor was okay, because the success of their religion blinded them. In the prospect of the new opportunities the supporters of Christianity tainted their own people, Now, when does a religion say that a religions success only lies in tainting another's religion. Finally, the families of people were splitting, because of the new religion. A mother had to see her son go away, and then had to endure the irateness of her husband.
Christianity acted like an antagonist to some, but also acted as a messiah for some. However, the messiah may have been a messiah for some, but not for all. Christianity had brought many devastating changes, and had brought many consequences. The bad aspects of Christianity made it very hard to determine whether the messiah was really a messiah. After looking at the pros and cons we have decided to take Mr. Okonkwos side.
Theme--Family Values, Customs and Mores
In every society of people there exists customs, values, and mores that differentiate them from the other societies and groups that live in the world today. Just as every country runs their lifestyle in a unique way the Igbo people ran their society in a different way as well. In the Igbo society they have a very distinct way of handling their traditions and of upholding their laws. One of their traditions include a peace week where every one goes a whole week doing nothing but relaxing and taking time off. During this time no one is allowed to do or talk of doing anything violent because it is a time of peace and sharing within the community. If anyone violates the vow of peace that they practice during this week they could be shunned, exiled or even killed. A main part of the culture of these people is title, they are given titles when they do something good for the community, the more titles that they have the higher their social standing. Women were not allowed to obtain titles because they were considered lower that men and were meant to serve a different purpose. They did not up hold the values of marriage as we do today, the men were allowed to have more than one wife. The men with more wives had higher positions in society because it showed that they were wealthy and prosperous enough to provide for more than one family. Each of the mans wives would have their own separate huts that she and her children would live in, the husband was to visit each of them everyday. The male children were supposed to grow up and become warriors, and the female children were supposed to stay pretty until they were married off into a new family. War plays another essential role in the Igbo society, it is a way of showing status. If they did well in war they were rewarded because they were considered strong and tough, this was important to the people because the strongest always survived. Finally religion played a major role in their society because it was what every one believed. They all believed in more that one god and that if you upset a god then you would be punished. The Igbo people have many more traditions that are specific to their culture and make them different from every other nation in the world. If only the colonists could have seen that they were not heathens but just unique then they could still be thriving today.
Questions
1. Colonialism is how the ruling party or government influences a nation, a country, territory and/or people's ideas, customs and religious practices. The Igbo colonialism period was from 1500 to 1800.
2. European imperialists justified their return to Africa as colonizers as Christians trying to convert as many people to Christianity as possible. They approached nicely, then subsided to making women work in the houses, where they believed they belonged, and near the end subsided to mere violence to scare the people to convert to Christianity.
3. The conference in 1884 affected Africa because it divided up the south of the Sahara and made it easier to conquer. France and Germany became a larger population because of Africa, eventually 90 percent of Africa was under European control.
4. There were two main political structures that emerged during colonial rule in Africa--the Direct and Inderect systems of fovernment. The main features of the Direct system of government are as follows: it had centralized administrators usually in urban centers; stressed policies of asimilation; inthention of civilizing Africa to be more like Europe; did not negotiate with African gvernemtns; they would divide and rule the people; and the Direct system of government weakened the power of the native people. The main features of the Indirect system of government were colonial administration; and they were more cooperative which led to direct rule.
5. The main purpose of teaching colonialism is to train Africans to participate in the domination and exploit actions of mental confusion and the development of under development.
6. The role missionaries played in the provision of colonial eductation in Africa was central. They replaced the traditional way pf learning with their new ideas because they believed they were right. They focused on the acquisition of literacy, the study of the Bible, the importance of church and basically everything Christian based. Overall, colonialism affected Africa and Africans by completely changing their lifestyles.
7. The poem The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats describes what conditions are currently in place in the world. Also, the poem was used to describe the current historical monument. Something that seems beneficial might end up intervening distances. The poem talks about the new age. Like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, The Second Coming sent the message that something may look beneficial, but may not be what it sees.
8. The time period of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart was in the 1890s in Nigeria with the Igbo culture. The peopel who have mroe titles are given more authority, and the people with less titles have less authority. the person with the most titles os the one who deciphers all the rules and decisions to condemn. The people that depict that they are morally and physically strong usually gain subsequent titles. OWmen do not receive any titles; instead they help the man wiht the daily choeres. The week of Peace is the celebration of their egwugwu of the arts. War is essential; it is a means of depicting power. If you wina battle, it means you are strong, if you win the war, your people are described as unified. War is important because if your armed forces are strong, then the antagonist will not think about attacking. War is given a major rule, it constitutes in their society. Religion, the most important attribute the Igbo people's society is how they communicate and describe themselves. Their religion decides their customs and lifestyles. Generall speaking, religion is a way for the poeple to differentiate with other religions. Religion is givena lot of respect and there is current involvement of religion in an average Igbo's life. The arts are also important because thtat tells that the person has some skill and is not lazy or has a lack of talent. The people are not worthless; they do hace the capability to do things for themselves.
9. In Things Fall Apart, the protagonist had a certain relationship to his wives and children. He did not necessarily have the greatest relationship with his family because he tried to be manly and not show emotion, but it was clearly visible that he loved his family more than emotions could express alone. He was rough with his family and disciplined his wives and children the same way he was disciplined when he was a child: whipped. Men and women had differing roles in Igbo society which were the men had to work and the women stayed home to take care of the children and do the house chores.
10. In chapter fourteen, Okonkwo committed a crime that caused him to be reprimanded. His crime was beating his wife during Peace Week. This says so much about the Igbo culture because it showed how much htey really value their customs, traditions and ancestors. According to Ezeani, the beating of his wives is wrong in any week, not just Peace Week.
11. The white people first went to Africa to introduce Christianity, to the Africans. Africans did not like the white men at first because they thought they were silly. Some Africans who were suffering from inequeties join Christianity.
12. Okonkwo had a problem with the white men. He thought they were turning against eachother because of the missionaries. He could not do anything about what was happening, so he committed suicide.
Imagine yourself as an Igbo man. You and some men are toiling at work. The children's laughter is echoing, and the regular gossiping of women. A normal and content day. But on a horrifying night where evil spirits roamed, a venomous snake bites you and leaves a mark forever. The venom spills in your life. The venom devastates your religion, values, morals, and yourself. It makes everything a question itself. Life becomes an enigma. This was the same effect Christianity had brought. Christianity did bring many opportunities such as education, literacy, and hope for the disadvantage. However, all these notions served as a blight, and the prospect of the new opportunities was not enough to suffice what they had lost. They had lost their values, morals, and themselves. New notions poured in, and most that were detrimental.
First, the position of women degenerated. Her importance grew only when she grew older, bore children, and earned approval of elderly. Before, the coming of the Europeans, women were regarded as equal, and were not considered lower. It was actually the Europeans that brought the idea that women were supposed to be locked in the walls of their homes. Was this the effect Europeans had brought? Christianity brought literacy, but to what gender. Only Males! Since, women were not regarded as equal to a man. Was this the start of concept that would prevail until today? A women's position in this society has grown to the point that women are regarded as equal to men, but the staining marks of the past do not go away. Women still suffer sexiest remarks.
Not only did colonialism affect women, but also the economy of some cities. Imagine a city, a palace, people with jewels, and pure luxury. Then imagine a hurricane coming in the city, and the city is destroyed by the hurricane. This was the same affect Affins had gone through. The rich city was Affins, and the hurricane that destroyed everything was the coming of the Europeans. Before the coming of the Europeans, Affins was regarded as a prosperous city. After, the coming of the Europeans the wealth degenerated. However, in some places their were cities that were gaining a lot of wealth with the coming of the Europeans. Wealth that was attained by selling Africans, and making them into slaves. The Europeans had caused them to lose themselves and their dignity. They were forced to be another mans slave. Imagine yourself, hungry as can be, and then eating food like you never had food for days. Now imagine yourself hungry for four days, and you are putting the morsel of food in your mouth, but then somebody knocks the food down. You are irate, but you cannot do anything. The person that knocked the food down is your owner, and you are obliged to do what he wants you to do. The Africans were snatched a birthright, and that is the ability to live the way they desired, and they were forced to do notions. Most Africans were belittled, ridiculed, cursed when angry, beaten when anger overflowed, and immersed with cruel labor for just the fun of it by their owners. The most horrifying truth is that they were sold by their own kin or by their own people. Before, they were content in their life, but now they have someone to boss them over. Kin turned against Kin.Their own people turned against them. They were devastated, because their values were squished, and underestimated.
The next notion is their values. Their values were being ripped off like the way a predator eats his prey. They did not consider the birth of twins a good notion, but after the coming there was the birth of twins. In a society were we live, killing twins is a big sin, but have you ever wondered that for them killing twins might be like killing a serial killer that was a blight to the society. Also, the Africans lost their morals, because they had the heart to kill for a new notion. In this race of picking a religion the ultimate defeat was of the supporters and of the non-supporters of Christianity. It was their defeat, because they had to fight against each other. The killing of a dear neighbor was okay, because the success of their religion blinded them. In the prospect of the new opportunities the supporters of Christianity tainted their own people, Now, when does a religion say that a religions success only lies in tainting another's religion. Finally, the families of people were splitting, because of the new religion. A mother had to see her son go away, and then had to endure the irateness of her husband.
Christianity acted like an antagonist to some, but also acted as a messiah for some. However, the messiah may have been a messiah for some, but not for all. Christianity had brought many devastating changes, and had brought many consequences. The bad aspects of Christianity made it very hard to determine whether the messiah was really a messiah. After looking at the pros and cons we have decided to take Mr. Okonkwos side.
Theme--Family Values, Customs and Mores
In every society of people there exists customs, values, and mores that differentiate them from the other societies and groups that live in the world today. Just as every country runs their lifestyle in a unique way the Igbo people ran their society in a different way as well. In the Igbo society they have a very distinct way of handling their traditions and of upholding their laws. One of their traditions include a peace week where every one goes a whole week doing nothing but relaxing and taking time off. During this time no one is allowed to do or talk of doing anything violent because it is a time of peace and sharing within the community. If anyone violates the vow of peace that they practice during this week they could be shunned, exiled or even killed. A main part of the culture of these people is title, they are given titles when they do something good for the community, the more titles that they have the higher their social standing. Women were not allowed to obtain titles because they were considered lower that men and were meant to serve a different purpose. They did not up hold the values of marriage as we do today, the men were allowed to have more than one wife. The men with more wives had higher positions in society because it showed that they were wealthy and prosperous enough to provide for more than one family. Each of the mans wives would have their own separate huts that she and her children would live in, the husband was to visit each of them everyday. The male children were supposed to grow up and become warriors, and the female children were supposed to stay pretty until they were married off into a new family. War plays another essential role in the Igbo society, it is a way of showing status. If they did well in war they were rewarded because they were considered strong and tough, this was important to the people because the strongest always survived. Finally religion played a major role in their society because it was what every one believed. They all believed in more that one god and that if you upset a god then you would be punished. The Igbo people have many more traditions that are specific to their culture and make them different from every other nation in the world. If only the colonists could have seen that they were not heathens but just unique then they could still be thriving today.
Questions
1. Colonialism is how the ruling party or government influences a nation, a country, territory and/or people's ideas, customs and religious practices. The Igbo colonialism period was from 1500 to 1800.
2. European imperialists justified their return to Africa as colonizers as Christians trying to convert as many people to Christianity as possible. They approached nicely, then subsided to making women work in the houses, where they believed they belonged, and near the end subsided to mere violence to scare the people to convert to Christianity.
3. The conference in 1884 affected Africa because it divided up the south of the Sahara and made it easier to conquer. France and Germany became a larger population because of Africa, eventually 90 percent of Africa was under European control.
4. There were two main political structures that emerged during colonial rule in Africa--the Direct and Inderect systems of fovernment. The main features of the Direct system of government are as follows: it had centralized administrators usually in urban centers; stressed policies of asimilation; inthention of civilizing Africa to be more like Europe; did not negotiate with African gvernemtns; they would divide and rule the people; and the Direct system of government weakened the power of the native people. The main features of the Indirect system of government were colonial administration; and they were more cooperative which led to direct rule.
5. The main purpose of teaching colonialism is to train Africans to participate in the domination and exploit actions of mental confusion and the development of under development.
6. The role missionaries played in the provision of colonial eductation in Africa was central. They replaced the traditional way pf learning with their new ideas because they believed they were right. They focused on the acquisition of literacy, the study of the Bible, the importance of church and basically everything Christian based. Overall, colonialism affected Africa and Africans by completely changing their lifestyles.
7. The poem The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats describes what conditions are currently in place in the world. Also, the poem was used to describe the current historical monument. Something that seems beneficial might end up intervening distances. The poem talks about the new age. Like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, The Second Coming sent the message that something may look beneficial, but may not be what it sees.
8. The time period of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart was in the 1890s in Nigeria with the Igbo culture. The peopel who have mroe titles are given more authority, and the people with less titles have less authority. the person with the most titles os the one who deciphers all the rules and decisions to condemn. The people that depict that they are morally and physically strong usually gain subsequent titles. OWmen do not receive any titles; instead they help the man wiht the daily choeres. The week of Peace is the celebration of their egwugwu of the arts. War is essential; it is a means of depicting power. If you wina battle, it means you are strong, if you win the war, your people are described as unified. War is important because if your armed forces are strong, then the antagonist will not think about attacking. War is given a major rule, it constitutes in their society. Religion, the most important attribute the Igbo people's society is how they communicate and describe themselves. Their religion decides their customs and lifestyles. Generall speaking, religion is a way for the poeple to differentiate with other religions. Religion is givena lot of respect and there is current involvement of religion in an average Igbo's life. The arts are also important because thtat tells that the person has some skill and is not lazy or has a lack of talent. The people are not worthless; they do hace the capability to do things for themselves.
9. In Things Fall Apart, the protagonist had a certain relationship to his wives and children. He did not necessarily have the greatest relationship with his family because he tried to be manly and not show emotion, but it was clearly visible that he loved his family more than emotions could express alone. He was rough with his family and disciplined his wives and children the same way he was disciplined when he was a child: whipped. Men and women had differing roles in Igbo society which were the men had to work and the women stayed home to take care of the children and do the house chores.
10. In chapter fourteen, Okonkwo committed a crime that caused him to be reprimanded. His crime was beating his wife during Peace Week. This says so much about the Igbo culture because it showed how much htey really value their customs, traditions and ancestors. According to Ezeani, the beating of his wives is wrong in any week, not just Peace Week.
11. The white people first went to Africa to introduce Christianity, to the Africans. Africans did not like the white men at first because they thought they were silly. Some Africans who were suffering from inequeties join Christianity.
12. Okonkwo had a problem with the white men. He thought they were turning against eachother because of the missionaries. He could not do anything about what was happening, so he committed suicide.
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