Match the theme to the excerpt from Things Fall Apart.

1. religion

"Obierika was a man who thought about things ... Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently?"

2. gender

"A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors."

3. tradition vs. change

"The crime was of two kinds, male and female."

4. fear

"Sometimes [egwugwu] turned round and chased those men, and they ran for their lives."

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Judd

7 January, 16:57

Match the theme to the excerpt from Things Fall Apart.

1. religion

"Obierika was a man who thought about things ... Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently?"

2. gender

"A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors."

3. tradition vs. change

"The crime was of two kinds, male and female."

4. fear

"Sometimes [egwugwu] turned round and chased those men, and they ran for their lives."

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Aidan Hurley · Answer 1

1. religion-"A man's life from birth to death ... "

2. gender-"The crime of two kinds, ... "

3. tradition vs change-"Obierika was a man who thought ... "

4. fear-"sometimes [egwugwu] turned round ..."