Category: 2NDE
Introduction to BFI English Lit in 2NDE
SIX WORD MEMOIRS
Friends and books define my life.
But mom, it’s not a phase.
The moon is my oldest friend.
When you fall keep on walking
You are a good egg, bug.
Everything’s possible…except when it’s not.
Riding all day makes me cooler.
My passion is my only ration.
Music makes sense if you listen.
Family and friends are my life.
A lot is happening at once.
Before we were 7, now 16.
Kayak on the river, basketball forever
Friends and books define my life
Don’t need donkeys, already have sisters
They called me little miss sunshine.
Physical blowup ? Blah. But financial blowup…
Happiness is when you’re with me.
Summer 2023 Reading for Literature and History-Geography
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T°BFI
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1°BFI
1°BFI Literature class: 1°BFI SUMMER 2023 READING and TEST
1°BFI History-Geography class: Summer reading instructions for Key Terms Definition Test: SUMMER 2023 WORK FOR 1°BFIa
History Chp on French Revolution: AP FR REV CHPA
Geography Chp on Urbanization:AP URBAN CHPa
2°BFI
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3°BFI
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4°BFI
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5°BFI
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6°BFI
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Review Materials for Drama Exam: Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Journey’s End
Purple Hibiscus Lit Chart
Student Samples Perfect Paragraphs on Poetry
Samples of Student Work
Essay Feedback Purple Hibiscus
Gender in Purple Hibiscus
Gender in the book
1.What does Papa Nnukwu say about the difference between the female mmuo and the male?
2.What does Papa Nnukwu promise Ifeoma his spirit will ask for her and what is her response?
3.Why does Beatrice say Eugene’s Umunna suggested he should get himself a second wife?
4.What reasons does Beatrice give to Ifeoma for why she cannot leave Eugene despite his abuse?
5.What phrase does Beatrice use to dismiss Ifeoma’s advice about leaving Eugene?
Discussion Questions
1.What problematic gender roles and expectations does Adichie highlight in the Catholic church, in Papa Nnukwu’s traditional beliefs and in Nigerian culture? How does she challenge these?
2.What does Jaja view as idealized Nigerian masculinity and who does he feel embodies it? As readers, do we agree? What different versions of masculinity does Adichie portray and who embodies each of these versions? Which does she present as the most positive version of masculinity? Is there one that is perfect?
3.What different versions of femininity does Adichie portray and who embodies each of these versions? Whose version of femininity does Kambili follow at the start of the novel? What about at the end? Is Beatrice the anti-feminist character and Ifeoma the feminist ideal or is it more complex than that?
4.Many of the men die in the novel, leaving the women in the more powerful positions at the end of the novel – how is this an empowering image? How might it seem disempowering or misandrous? What about Kambili’s vision of the Virgin Mary at Aoekpe? How could this be seen as a symbol of female empowerment?
For each of the following headings, anchor, quote, and cite two quotations
(from this section of the reading) that best reveal aspects of the daily life of the Achike family
- Mama’s role in the house
- The relationship between Jaja and Kambili
- Jaja and Kambili’s education
- Papa’s control of the family