According to Ishmael:
According to Ishmael people should live like animals. We should only take what we need. The world shouldn't belong to us, but we should belong to the world. Live as passive animals and not dominate and think we know better. Ishmael wants all the takers to turn back into leavers and put themselves in the hands of the gods. So basicly we need to undo everthing we've done to the earth since we became takers.
According to Me:
According to me, I think we sort of have to do the same thing to a lesser extent. So we do need to stop doing stuff like pollution of the air and oceans for our own gain. On the contrary, I think we still should be more advanced than other animals with houses and stuff. But we shouldn't do things that directly harm the planet, like deforestation and land fills. We can still live as takers but not do anything that will hurt the earth.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
QQC #4
Q:"The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison."
Q: Who are those Leavers?
C: When I Think about the world of people and all the different cultures, I can't really think of one that hasn't changed into a taker society. If there is such thing, what are they like? where do they live? Even if there was such a thing I would assume that they would have died off from the over dominance of the takers. Can eveyone in the world really live like them?
Q: Who are those Leavers?
C: When I Think about the world of people and all the different cultures, I can't really think of one that hasn't changed into a taker society. If there is such thing, what are they like? where do they live? Even if there was such a thing I would assume that they would have died off from the over dominance of the takers. Can eveyone in the world really live like them?
QQC #3
Q:It (the agricultural revolution)didn't end. It just spread. It's been spreading ever since it began back there ten thousand years ago...
Q: Will anything ever stop us from spreading like this?
C: I feel like nothing will stop humans from growing and growing, I mean we already have reason enough with the global warming and the animals dying. That hasn't stopped us so what will? I mean if anything will. So I think to fix this we need to take a look at what we have done and relize all the damage. Then maybe there will bean end to this agricultural revolution.
Q: Will anything ever stop us from spreading like this?
C: I feel like nothing will stop humans from growing and growing, I mean we already have reason enough with the global warming and the animals dying. That hasn't stopped us so what will? I mean if anything will. So I think to fix this we need to take a look at what we have done and relize all the damage. Then maybe there will bean end to this agricultural revolution.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Interview
Interview with a person, p stands for person
Theresa:WHAT HAVE PEOPLE DONE TO EFFECT THE EARTH?
P:consumed fresh water and fossil fuels, etc, initially without regard to earth's environment.
Theresa:IS THIS A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?
P:Bad
Theresa:DO YOU THINK WE ARE DOING ENOUGH ABOUT IT?
P: No, not yet.
Theresa:HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOU DIRECTLY?
P:water rationing, recycling of household waste, gasoline prices,and value of investments.
Theresa: DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
P:No not really my generation, the older generation only do things when it's the path of least resistance. Hopefully your generation will turn things around, if it's not too late.
Theresa:WHAT HAVE PEOPLE DONE TO EFFECT THE EARTH?
P:consumed fresh water and fossil fuels, etc, initially without regard to earth's environment.
Theresa:IS THIS A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?
P:Bad
Theresa:DO YOU THINK WE ARE DOING ENOUGH ABOUT IT?
P: No, not yet.
Theresa:HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOU DIRECTLY?
P:water rationing, recycling of household waste, gasoline prices,and value of investments.
Theresa: DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
P:No not really my generation, the older generation only do things when it's the path of least resistance. Hopefully your generation will turn things around, if it's not too late.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
QQC #2
Q: "If the world was made for us, then it belongs to us and we can do whatever we damn well please with it"
Q: If the world belongs to humans then why do they do things to the world that will end badly for the humans?
C: Humans own the world. Humans do things like pollute and cut down trees. They know that things like that will harm them also. they do it knowingly and still don't care. They are harming themselves and "their" environment. Why would they do things like that? I think that they should do some things that would actually prevent stuff like that. Wouldn't they want to preserve the thing that keeps them alive?
Q: If the world belongs to humans then why do they do things to the world that will end badly for the humans?
C: Humans own the world. Humans do things like pollute and cut down trees. They know that things like that will harm them also. they do it knowingly and still don't care. They are harming themselves and "their" environment. Why would they do things like that? I think that they should do some things that would actually prevent stuff like that. Wouldn't they want to preserve the thing that keeps them alive?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Story of Man.....
When I think of the story of man this story comes to mind: In the very beginning some how the earth became suitable for inhabitants. The very first organisms began to flourish and over time they evolved and expanded into a spectrum of animals. Man was one of the animals created among these ones. But man had the potential to have a mental advantage over the others. So through natural selection and such, man started becoming smarter and smarter. Cavemen made tools and weapons. It went on from there. Man became so smart as to have entire control over the world and other animals. Technology and innovation is constantly happening in the world of man that they forget to care about the world they live in and the other animals. As an effect the world and it's animals are dying because of them. That's where they are now.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ishmael QQC #1
Q:"He stared at me for a while without replying....Then he proceeded as if I hadn't spoken at all"
Q:Why doesn't the gorilla want to tell Ishmael what his name is?
C: It seems interesting that the gorilla won't tell his name. What is it that makes him not do this. What happened to the gorilla. More of a question would be why can the gorilla talk at all.
Q:Why doesn't the gorilla want to tell Ishmael what his name is?
C: It seems interesting that the gorilla won't tell his name. What is it that makes him not do this. What happened to the gorilla. More of a question would be why can the gorilla talk at all.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Final Essay
Theresa Oceguera
Humanities
Guerrero
13 March
A War with No Winner
Once upon a time Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Like any other nation after independence, it struggled to have a stable government. Six years later, civil war broke out in Nigeria. A fictional book about this war called Half of a Yellow Sun, follows several different characters trying to survive as a part of Biafra. Biafra became a state in the Nigerian Civil War and was a symbol of independence and hope for the Igbo people. However Biafra failed for two main reasons: Nigeria had the military advantage over Biafra and Biafra’s economy was ruined.
To give a little background on the war, I will explain further. Complete independence was given to Nigeria in 1960 with a constitution. This constitution required that their government be legislative and that each region have partial self government. In 1963 Nigeria switched to a Republic and pressure between regions grew due the developmental gap. This led to the first Coup d'état by the military, in 1966. However, the General in charge, Aguiyi-Ironsi, was unable to relieve pressure between North and South. The Hausa of the north felt the Igbo of the South were being favored in the military. This causing the second Military Coup d'état led by the Hausa general named Gowon. With the Northerners in power and no one to stop them, thousands of Igbo were being murdered. Igbo quickly fled to the south and in 1967, and declared independence from Nigeria under Lt. Col. Emeka Ojukwu. This became known as the Republic of Biafra(Hamon121-129).
Biafra was a symbol of independence and hope. Many of the Igbo people were quick to adopt their Biafran Identity such as changing their newspaper names, and having rallies celebrating independence from the Nigerians (Harmon 121-129). This was mainly because the natural human need of an identity. They also tried to disassociate themselves as much as possible from Nigeria. Most people were optimistic and supported Biafra in any way they could. They tried to help out were needed like making donations of food and clothing (Falola). In the novel, we follow Igbo people living during the war, they attend several rallies one in which a coffin representing Nigeria is buried. The newly found Biafrans were very passionate about their heritage. One character in the book even shouted “Biafra is born! We will lead Black Africa! We will live in security! Nobody will ever again attack us! Never again!”(Adichie 205). Odenigbo, the character in the book who stated this, was full of pride much like every other Biafran. The Igbo people had been living in terror of the Hausa for some time because of the age old rivalry and the Hausa still had residual anger because of Ironsi. When Biafra seceded this allowed them to become their own selves; they didn’t have to put up with fear any more.
Unfortunately Biafra had the dangerous powerful military of Nigeria against them. First of all the Nigerians had a bigger army in addition to more equipment and money to finance the war .They had control over the military which included weapons(Diamond). Nigeria had many mercenaries from different countries. The Biafrans only had a small remainder of the Nigerian army left, that were of Igbo culture. It was hard for the Biafran Army to get weapons because they had no major production of their own and could not get much from others because most countries supported Nigeria in this war. A good amount of Biafran soldiers only carried wooden guns (Diamond). Nigeria was aided by both Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, including Nigeria’s former master, Britain(Falola). This was mostly because within the limits of Biafran land there was an oil source. Many countries were being supplied with this oil through Nigeria. When Nigeria lost the land they proficiently helped for the sake of keeping the oil in their possession (Falola). Biafra only received non-political joint Church Aid Assistance. Although this was nice, church aid really couldn’t help too much in the time of war. Nigeria had mercenary Pilots flying for them. Biafra had no air forces (Diamond). Many other things had similar comparisons because Nigeria was again, aided much more. In the novel, the characters suffer from an Air attack during a wedding.”Somebody said, “Enemy plane! Air Raid” “Outside!” Master shouted, but some guests were running into the bedrooms, screaming, “Jesus! Jesus!” The sound was louder now, overhead. They ran-Master, Olanna, holding Baby, Ugwu, some guests- to the cassava patch beside the house and lay on their bellies” (Adichie 253). In the book, Biafra is pushed and pushed farther south and are unable to fight back, because of their limited supply in, well everything. This is like what happened in real life; actually this is exactly what happened in real life.
Biafra was also suffering from a ruined economy. First of all many of the Igbo being killed left a shortage in workers, especially soldiers in the army (Diamond). All the injured and refugees were left in need and were unable to work because they were not trained. With the entire state in crisis, minimum donations were able to be made. Biafra tried to finance the war with foreign exchange and also printed its own money, but both proved ineffective because many nations were unsupportive of Biafra and only so much currency was printed and in use (Hawley). On top of all this, cities, hospitals, transportation facilities, and schools were being destroyed by every advance of the Nigerians. In Adichie’s Novel, Odenigbo and his house boy go to drop of food donations to all the refugees and when they drop it off they notice that not much is being donated. “Take the bags into the store” he told Ugwu, pointing, as if Ugwu did not know from all the times he had come in the past to bring food for the refugees. The store was empty except for a small bag of rice in the corner” (Adichie 217). Clearly times are bad if there is barely any food for the many refugees.
The war started in 1967 and by 1969, Biafra was being closed in on. In the beginning their efforts were strong. Both sides suffered a large amount of deaths. Mercenaries were brought in and other armies aided both sides. But Nigeria was a much stronger and Biafra was being worn down. On top of all this, the amount of people being killed by hunger and disease was tremendous. After all the struggle, the destruction, and downfall, the Biafrans surrendered in January 1970 (Diamond). The union was restored. Ojukwu, the leader of the Biafrans, fled the country. Nigeria was Nigeria again missing millions of people.
This war if anything was a loss because in the end there was no significant change, except for the fact that each side was murdered and suffered greatly for it. In the End over three million people died from fighting or disease (Hamon 121-129). And afterwards there was no change things just went back to how they were. The government went back to instability because the war left the economy in ruins. Although technically Nigeria won, winning the war in this context isn’t really what had an impact, in this case it was the lives of its people. Both sides lost.
Humanities
Guerrero
13 March
A War with No Winner
Once upon a time Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Like any other nation after independence, it struggled to have a stable government. Six years later, civil war broke out in Nigeria. A fictional book about this war called Half of a Yellow Sun, follows several different characters trying to survive as a part of Biafra. Biafra became a state in the Nigerian Civil War and was a symbol of independence and hope for the Igbo people. However Biafra failed for two main reasons: Nigeria had the military advantage over Biafra and Biafra’s economy was ruined.
To give a little background on the war, I will explain further. Complete independence was given to Nigeria in 1960 with a constitution. This constitution required that their government be legislative and that each region have partial self government. In 1963 Nigeria switched to a Republic and pressure between regions grew due the developmental gap. This led to the first Coup d'état by the military, in 1966. However, the General in charge, Aguiyi-Ironsi, was unable to relieve pressure between North and South. The Hausa of the north felt the Igbo of the South were being favored in the military. This causing the second Military Coup d'état led by the Hausa general named Gowon. With the Northerners in power and no one to stop them, thousands of Igbo were being murdered. Igbo quickly fled to the south and in 1967, and declared independence from Nigeria under Lt. Col. Emeka Ojukwu. This became known as the Republic of Biafra(Hamon121-129).
Biafra was a symbol of independence and hope. Many of the Igbo people were quick to adopt their Biafran Identity such as changing their newspaper names, and having rallies celebrating independence from the Nigerians (Harmon 121-129). This was mainly because the natural human need of an identity. They also tried to disassociate themselves as much as possible from Nigeria. Most people were optimistic and supported Biafra in any way they could. They tried to help out were needed like making donations of food and clothing (Falola). In the novel, we follow Igbo people living during the war, they attend several rallies one in which a coffin representing Nigeria is buried. The newly found Biafrans were very passionate about their heritage. One character in the book even shouted “Biafra is born! We will lead Black Africa! We will live in security! Nobody will ever again attack us! Never again!”(Adichie 205). Odenigbo, the character in the book who stated this, was full of pride much like every other Biafran. The Igbo people had been living in terror of the Hausa for some time because of the age old rivalry and the Hausa still had residual anger because of Ironsi. When Biafra seceded this allowed them to become their own selves; they didn’t have to put up with fear any more.
Unfortunately Biafra had the dangerous powerful military of Nigeria against them. First of all the Nigerians had a bigger army in addition to more equipment and money to finance the war .They had control over the military which included weapons(Diamond). Nigeria had many mercenaries from different countries. The Biafrans only had a small remainder of the Nigerian army left, that were of Igbo culture. It was hard for the Biafran Army to get weapons because they had no major production of their own and could not get much from others because most countries supported Nigeria in this war. A good amount of Biafran soldiers only carried wooden guns (Diamond). Nigeria was aided by both Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, including Nigeria’s former master, Britain(Falola). This was mostly because within the limits of Biafran land there was an oil source. Many countries were being supplied with this oil through Nigeria. When Nigeria lost the land they proficiently helped for the sake of keeping the oil in their possession (Falola). Biafra only received non-political joint Church Aid Assistance. Although this was nice, church aid really couldn’t help too much in the time of war. Nigeria had mercenary Pilots flying for them. Biafra had no air forces (Diamond). Many other things had similar comparisons because Nigeria was again, aided much more. In the novel, the characters suffer from an Air attack during a wedding.”Somebody said, “Enemy plane! Air Raid” “Outside!” Master shouted, but some guests were running into the bedrooms, screaming, “Jesus! Jesus!” The sound was louder now, overhead. They ran-Master, Olanna, holding Baby, Ugwu, some guests- to the cassava patch beside the house and lay on their bellies” (Adichie 253). In the book, Biafra is pushed and pushed farther south and are unable to fight back, because of their limited supply in, well everything. This is like what happened in real life; actually this is exactly what happened in real life.
Biafra was also suffering from a ruined economy. First of all many of the Igbo being killed left a shortage in workers, especially soldiers in the army (Diamond). All the injured and refugees were left in need and were unable to work because they were not trained. With the entire state in crisis, minimum donations were able to be made. Biafra tried to finance the war with foreign exchange and also printed its own money, but both proved ineffective because many nations were unsupportive of Biafra and only so much currency was printed and in use (Hawley). On top of all this, cities, hospitals, transportation facilities, and schools were being destroyed by every advance of the Nigerians. In Adichie’s Novel, Odenigbo and his house boy go to drop of food donations to all the refugees and when they drop it off they notice that not much is being donated. “Take the bags into the store” he told Ugwu, pointing, as if Ugwu did not know from all the times he had come in the past to bring food for the refugees. The store was empty except for a small bag of rice in the corner” (Adichie 217). Clearly times are bad if there is barely any food for the many refugees.
The war started in 1967 and by 1969, Biafra was being closed in on. In the beginning their efforts were strong. Both sides suffered a large amount of deaths. Mercenaries were brought in and other armies aided both sides. But Nigeria was a much stronger and Biafra was being worn down. On top of all this, the amount of people being killed by hunger and disease was tremendous. After all the struggle, the destruction, and downfall, the Biafrans surrendered in January 1970 (Diamond). The union was restored. Ojukwu, the leader of the Biafrans, fled the country. Nigeria was Nigeria again missing millions of people.
This war if anything was a loss because in the end there was no significant change, except for the fact that each side was murdered and suffered greatly for it. In the End over three million people died from fighting or disease (Hamon 121-129). And afterwards there was no change things just went back to how they were. The government went back to instability because the war left the economy in ruins. Although technically Nigeria won, winning the war in this context isn’t really what had an impact, in this case it was the lives of its people. Both sides lost.
Artist Statement
An Unfair Victory
Miriam Zepeda, Alex Martinez, Christian Guzman, Theresa Oceguera
The Nigerian Civil war took place from 1967 to 1970. When Biafra seceded from Nigeria, a war took place to absorb Biafra back. Because Nigeria won the war, our picture shows a soldier holding the Biafra flag on the ground being subdued while another soldier holds the Nigerian flag triumphantly in the air. Britain supported Nigeria by funding them and sending them weapons and supplies. The picture shows Britain on the side of Nigeria, but not participating in the fight.
The visual affect in the picture like the lighting and detail was created on photo shop. We Adjusted the lighting and the color. Our group struggled most with the sky color and creating the clouds and getting the picture at the right color necessary.
Miriam Zepeda, Alex Martinez, Christian Guzman, Theresa Oceguera
The Nigerian Civil war took place from 1967 to 1970. When Biafra seceded from Nigeria, a war took place to absorb Biafra back. Because Nigeria won the war, our picture shows a soldier holding the Biafra flag on the ground being subdued while another soldier holds the Nigerian flag triumphantly in the air. Britain supported Nigeria by funding them and sending them weapons and supplies. The picture shows Britain on the side of Nigeria, but not participating in the fight.
The visual affect in the picture like the lighting and detail was created on photo shop. We Adjusted the lighting and the color. Our group struggled most with the sky color and creating the clouds and getting the picture at the right color necessary.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thesis
Biafra, a country in the Nigerian Civil War, and was a symbol of independence and hope. However, Biafra failed for three main reasons. They had Deadly Military opposition from Nigeria. Their economy was ruined. And had internal issues due to differed opinions.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Source Cited
Adebanwi, Wale Death, national memory and the social construction of heroism.Cambridge University Press The Journal of African History November 2008
February 20 2008
http://infotrac.galegroup.com.sdplproxy.sandiego.gov/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc1_BRC_0_A193467761?sw_aep=san67255
Akintola was returned to office in disputed elections which were again marred by widespread violence in the Western Region. In the context of all this, some young soldiers, who were mostly of Igbo extraction, struck on 15 January 1966. In what was later described as a 'mutiny', they killed political leaders and military chiefs in Lagos, Ibadan and Kaduna. Those killed included the Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa; the Premiers of the Northern and Western Regions, Ahmadu Bello and the man regarded as Bello's lackey in the west, Ladoke Akintola; the Federal Minister of Finance, Festus Okotie-Eboh; and ranking soldiers, including Brigadier Z. Maimalari, Brigadier S. A. Ademulegun (and his wife), Cols. R. A. Shodeinde and Kur Mohammed, Lt-Cols. J. Y. Pam, A. C. Unegbe and A. Largema.
However, a few of the coup plotters of Igbo extraction who were expected to arrest and kill, upon resistance, the Igbo Premier of the Eastern Region, Michael Okpara, and the Premier of the Mid-West Region, Dennis Osadebey, put the former under house arrest and failed even to reach the latter. This provoked the description of the coup as a 'tribal uprising'. (17) This allegation, as one of the plotters, Adewale Ademoyega states, ignored the fact that not only did some northern officers and men take part in, and approve of, the coup, but also they were 'extremely jubilant and most vociferous that the revolution should continue'. (18)
The mutiny, although hailed in most quarters as a God-send, was eventually halted by the senior cadre of the military which took over the reins of power and detained the majors who executed the coup. The head of the Nigerian Army, Major General J. T. U. Aguiyi Ironsi, an Igbo, then took over power as the head of the new military government. After establishing himself securely in office, Ironsi stated that disunity was the major crisis faced by the recently independent country. Owing to this, he announced plans to abrogate the federal system in favour of a unitary system in which the civil service was to be unified and the regions were more or less to cease to be the semi-independent parts of a federating unit. On 24 May 1966, despite opposition in the Western and Northern Regions, Ironsi promulgated Decree No. 34, 1966, which abrogated federalism and turned the regions into 'groups of provinces'. According to Ironsi, the new decree intended to 'remove the last vestiges of intense regionalism of the recent past, and ... produce that cohesion in the government structure which is so necessary in achieving and maintaining the paramount objectives of the National Military Government ... national unity'. (19)
this source helped me in learn more of the reasons behind the actions of the civil war. Like why certain things happened and whether some things needed to be done or if people just did them because they wanted to.
February 20 2008
http://infotrac.galegroup.com.sdplproxy.sandiego.gov/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc1_BRC_0_A193467761?sw_aep=san67255
Akintola was returned to office in disputed elections which were again marred by widespread violence in the Western Region. In the context of all this, some young soldiers, who were mostly of Igbo extraction, struck on 15 January 1966. In what was later described as a 'mutiny', they killed political leaders and military chiefs in Lagos, Ibadan and Kaduna. Those killed included the Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa; the Premiers of the Northern and Western Regions, Ahmadu Bello and the man regarded as Bello's lackey in the west, Ladoke Akintola; the Federal Minister of Finance, Festus Okotie-Eboh; and ranking soldiers, including Brigadier Z. Maimalari, Brigadier S. A. Ademulegun (and his wife), Cols. R. A. Shodeinde and Kur Mohammed, Lt-Cols. J. Y. Pam, A. C. Unegbe and A. Largema.
However, a few of the coup plotters of Igbo extraction who were expected to arrest and kill, upon resistance, the Igbo Premier of the Eastern Region, Michael Okpara, and the Premier of the Mid-West Region, Dennis Osadebey, put the former under house arrest and failed even to reach the latter. This provoked the description of the coup as a 'tribal uprising'. (17) This allegation, as one of the plotters, Adewale Ademoyega states, ignored the fact that not only did some northern officers and men take part in, and approve of, the coup, but also they were 'extremely jubilant and most vociferous that the revolution should continue'. (18)
The mutiny, although hailed in most quarters as a God-send, was eventually halted by the senior cadre of the military which took over the reins of power and detained the majors who executed the coup. The head of the Nigerian Army, Major General J. T. U. Aguiyi Ironsi, an Igbo, then took over power as the head of the new military government. After establishing himself securely in office, Ironsi stated that disunity was the major crisis faced by the recently independent country. Owing to this, he announced plans to abrogate the federal system in favour of a unitary system in which the civil service was to be unified and the regions were more or less to cease to be the semi-independent parts of a federating unit. On 24 May 1966, despite opposition in the Western and Northern Regions, Ironsi promulgated Decree No. 34, 1966, which abrogated federalism and turned the regions into 'groups of provinces'. According to Ironsi, the new decree intended to 'remove the last vestiges of intense regionalism of the recent past, and ... produce that cohesion in the government structure which is so necessary in achieving and maintaining the paramount objectives of the National Military Government ... national unity'. (19)
this source helped me in learn more of the reasons behind the actions of the civil war. Like why certain things happened and whether some things needed to be done or if people just did them because they wanted to.
QQC
Q:That night, she had the first Dark Swoop: a thick blanket descended from above and pressed itself over her, firmly, while she struggled to breathe.
Q: What are these Dark Swoops, are they real or just in her head?
C:Olanna in the book talks about having dark swoops 3 or 4 times a day and she describes them as if someone is strangling her. I'm not totally sure what is happening if some one is doing this to her or if it's because of the traumatic experience she had that is causing her mind to do this to her.
Q: What are these Dark Swoops, are they real or just in her head?
C:Olanna in the book talks about having dark swoops 3 or 4 times a day and she describes them as if someone is strangling her. I'm not totally sure what is happening if some one is doing this to her or if it's because of the traumatic experience she had that is causing her mind to do this to her.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Novel
1. Type title and author of text
2. Give brief (3-5 sentence) plot overview (what's going on in the story)
3. Give Revolution Background (date, place, why the fight?)
4. Post a possible research question
5. Go to your group members and leave a critique of their research question
Half of the Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Novel
The book switches between three narrators that are all connected. Ugwu, is a servant boy of a Professor. Olanna, is the Professor's girlfriend and Richard is Olanna's sister's boyfriend. After their lives settle in, at about 150 pages the revolution breaks out and starts to affect their lives. So This all takes place in Nigeria in the sixties. And basically whats happening is a General in the government is tired of taking orders from Britain (i think) and starts to get and army together and is trying to detach Nigeria from Britain? And Everyone's been talking about it and it finally happened.
RESEARCH QUESTION:Who exactly were the Nigerians gaining independence from and why did they want to?
2. Give brief (3-5 sentence) plot overview (what's going on in the story)
3. Give Revolution Background (date, place, why the fight?)
4. Post a possible research question
5. Go to your group members and leave a critique of their research question
Half of the Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Novel
The book switches between three narrators that are all connected. Ugwu, is a servant boy of a Professor. Olanna, is the Professor's girlfriend and Richard is Olanna's sister's boyfriend. After their lives settle in, at about 150 pages the revolution breaks out and starts to affect their lives. So This all takes place in Nigeria in the sixties. And basically whats happening is a General in the government is tired of taking orders from Britain (i think) and starts to get and army together and is trying to detach Nigeria from Britain? And Everyone's been talking about it and it finally happened.
RESEARCH QUESTION:Who exactly were the Nigerians gaining independence from and why did they want to?
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