We're working on our multimodal project. The book that my group chose is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. We haven't really started our actual project. We're working on finishing the book and starting the picture notes. So far, I really like this book. The characters and their cultures and lives are really interesting. I love reading about cultures that are different than mine. We chose to work with the question, "Does the world put too much pressure to strive for specific and arbitrary goals?" This question works really well with our main character, a strong man with the name Okonkwo. Okonkwo spends his whole life trying to be a better, stronger, and more successful man than his father ever was. He views his father as a lazy, good-for-nothing that had nothing to his name. Okonkwo is put under extreme pressure to become successful and powerful, to become a true leader of the tribe. The materialistic goal that Okonkwo so desperately wants to achieve is to become extremely successful, and he has learned that with no hard work, there will be no reward. But the journey to success has turned him into a cold, stubborn, and strict man. At some points in his life, there are more cons than pros when it comes to success.
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