Things Fall Apart Response

This book would definitely open the door for culture explorations of other countries and people. Part of students’ development and maturity come with learning about other cultures and customs. It allows their world and the knowledge of their immediate surroundings to be tested and stretched. The enrichment factor from other cultures also helps with the deepening on their own individual identity and can help them appreciate their own life more. Also, to understand historical aspects, it is vital to study cultures and families that live differently. Students would also be able to recognize that people from around the world struggle just like they do but in different ways and due to different factors. Everyone has struggles. Everyone has to deal with issues that are challenging. With great strife come the most meaningful learning opportunities. Students would then learn how to accept other cultures more because they have studied them and learned how they live, what they have to deal with and how they come out of situations.

The traditional aspect of changing the way that you live according to the environment around you would be difficult to understand and coup with. However, there are many pros and cons that can be dealt with around this subject. Change can be good and bad at the same time. Change is very uncomfortable because it puts you into uncomfortable positions, but can allow for great growth. I think that most people do not like change because they are afraid of the risk. People get into their own grooves in life and when change is on the horizon they are afraid to take the plunge, to do something new, and grow in the process. This happens to the Protagonist in the novel. He is put up against opportunities where he is forced to change. His lifestyle is changing also. Is he going to risk his comfortable lifestyle for this new way of life? This book is enriched with learning lessons in life and culture.

I think this book would be a great tool to use in the classroom. Students would find it difficult at times, but would be able to  sympathize with the Protagonist.