Ashley,Logan,Anthony

Language
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Ashley –Language is the formation of sentences and the words chosen by the author throughout the book. This book specifically has the Ibo language in it which gives the feel that you're listening to the conversation. The language that they speak is a tradition they were taught from their ancestors which makes the significance of that specific language more important and more meaningful. Logan -Language can be used for emotion, drama and suspense throughout the story. The Ibo language is significant in this book because it is what the author grew up speaking; not only that, but the Ibo language is also one of the oldest native African languages that is still around. Anthony- the Ibo language plays a major role in Things Fall Apart, for reasons like the names of the characters in the novel. Names like Okonkwo, the main character, or Obierika, Okonkwo's friend derive from the Ibo language. Logan- The author uses terms throughout the story such as ekwe, which translated means a musical instrument. Words like these are significant because it shows the characters using their native language. Anthony- by using parts of the native language it gives the reader a chance to understand how they communicate though out their culture. Even though this book is written in English so that we can understand it the words that are derived from the language and put into the text make the story that much more interesting. Logan- the language adds detail as well it's not always the way we think somethings gonna turn out and it does. For example when Okonkwo beats his wife on the sacred week its not something that our culture our way of life would handle things. Ashley - That's how the ibo culture does though and through the language and text and memories from the authors experiences. Language is the way the author decides to places words that will form the sentence to which will in the end hopefully do what it's supposed to and form a story. Language is a part of the theme as it is used to show that Africa is in fact literate and demonstrates that ibo is the official formal language of the igbo. He used proverbs that the Igbo people would use throughout the novel to show some ideas that they believed or to show that they were wise, thought about things and had good morals.