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