Things Fall Apart Chapters 10-11 (25 points)

Standard: ELA.10.R.1.3: Analyze coming of age experiences reflected in a text and how the
author represents conflicting perspectives.
Objective: I can analyze how the author represents conflicting perspectives.
1. Describe the ceremony described in chapter 10. 4 sentences (5 points)
The ceremony described in chapter 10 was for men, by the way the crowd stood or sat. Titled
men and elder sat on their stools waiting for trials to begin with a row of 9 stools in front of them
who nobody sat in. An iron gong was hit, and everyone looked in the direction of the egwugwu
house. The 9 egwugwu represented a village of the clan with the leader named Evil Forest.

2. Essential Question:
Compare and contrast the Ibo “legal” legal system with our judicial system, noting
both a similarity and a difference. ACEECEE (10 points)
The Ibo “legal” legal system can be compared to our judicial system by how many people are on
each court. We have 9 justices while the Ibo have 9 egwugwu. At the ceremony, it is mentioned
that there were 9 of the greatest masked spirits, called egwugwu. Each of the 9 egwugwu
“represented a village of the clan.” These two systems are also different by how things are taken
care of. Our judicial system ends with someone guilty and someone innocent while the Ibo
“legal” legal system ends with a peaceful solution. The leader of the 9 egwugwu, Evil Forest,
tells Uzowulu to go to his in-laws with a pot of wine and “beg [his] wife to return to [him]” and
tells Odukwe to “let [his] sister go with him” if his in-law brings him wine.

3. What is the moral of the folk tale about the tortoise that is told in Chapter 11? ACEE
(5 points)
The moral of the folk tale about tortoise that told in Chapter 11 was that someone who
makes trouble for others can make trouble for himself. At the feast in the sky, Tortoise
asked a man who the party was for, and the man answered with “For all of you,” which
was the name Tortoise made when everyone made one for themselves. The tortoise ate a
lot of food while everyone watched, most were too angry to eat so they took the feather
each gave him and left. When he begged for someone to tell his wife something, Parrot
listened and went to tell the tortoise’s wish but told her the opposite and told her to “bring
pit all the hard things in the house.” She went and did as told, making the tortoise’s shell
hard. This is a lesson that tells people that someone who makes trouble for others can
only make even more trouble for himself.