Humanities Homework Help

The final for this course consists of the following two-part writing assignment based on the assigned texts in the second half of the semester. The first part consists of an essay question; the second part consists of four (4) short-answer questions. Your finished product (containing your responses to the questions in both parts) should be 4-6 typed, double-spaced pages. Be sure to identify by number your response to each question.

Your responses to these questions should be your own work, written in your own words, and based on the assigned readings and our discussions about them. Do not consult any online sources for this assignment. Your responses should reflect your own engagement with the material we studied, not what others have written about it.

Part I: Essay (worth 50% of your exam grade)

1. Write an essay from the point of view of Okonkwo. Imagine that he has come to Rockford, Ill., as part of a delegation headed by Claude Levi-Strauss to study American civilization. Taking the point of view of Okonkwo, answer the following question: “Is America a better place to live than tribal society?”

Part II: Short-Answer Questions (worth 50% of your exam grade; 12.5% per question)

2. Identify and explain ONE significant difference between the Caduveo tribe and the Nambikwara tribe.

3. Levi-Strauss writes the following: “Rousseau, our master and brother…to whom every page of this book could have been dedicated” (p. 390). Why does Levi-Strauss think so highly of Rousseau?

4. Why did Christianity pose such a serious threat to Okonkwo’s tribe and its way of life?

5. Which character in Things Fall Apart would Achebe himself most like? Why?