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51 Cards in this Set
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The central character of Things Fall Apart. A young leader of the African Igbo community of Umuofia, he is known as a fierce warrior as well as a successful farmer. He is determined to overcome the stigma left by his father’s laziness and wastefulness.
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Okonkwo
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Okonkwo’s father, known for his weakness and lack of responsibility.
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Unoka--Things Fall Apart
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Okonkwo’s oldest son, age twelve at the book’s beginning. He is innately a sensitive young man.
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Nwoye
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A boy of fourteen who is given to Umuofia by a neighboring village to avoid war. He is a clever, resourceful young man.
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Ikemefuna--Things Fall Apart
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Okonkwo’s second wife; the mother of Ezinma, her only living child.
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Ekwefi--Things Fall Apart
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Daughter of Ekwefi and Okonkwo; Ekwefi’s only surviving child.
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Ezinma
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Okonkwo’s third wife; the mother of several of Okonkwo’s children.
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Ojiubo--Things Fall Apart
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Okonkwo’s best friend, who often represents the voice of reason. He is the father of Maduka (son) and Ekueke (daughter).
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Obierika--Things Fall Apart
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A village widow who is also the priestess of Agbala.
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Chielo--Things Fall Apart
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The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, who influences all aspects of Umuofian life. She is based on the real Oracle at Awka, who controlled Igbo life for centuries.
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Agbala--Things Fall Apart
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The first white Christian missionary in Umuofia and Mbanta. An understanding and accommodating man, he is inclined to listen to the Igbos.
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Mr. Brown--Things Fall Apart
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The native interpreter for the missionaries. He is a teacher and a leader of the new church in Mbanta.
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Mr. Kiaga--Things Fall Apart
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A strict, stereotypical white Christian missionary, he takes over the church after Mr. Brown’s departure.
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James Smith--Things Fall Apart
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A stern, stereotypical white colonial administrator of Umuofia. He follows regulations to the letter and possesses little knowledge or understanding of the people for whom he tries to administer a new government.
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The District Commissioner--Things Fall Apart
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A native priest who attempts to reconstruct the disintegrating tribe and his own family.
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Stephen Kumalo--Cry...
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Stephen's son who left home for the large city and who commits a murder.
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Absalom Kumalo--Cry...
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The young sister of Stephen who becomes a prostitute in the large city and leads a dissolute life.
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Gertrude Kumalo--Cry...
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A parish priest in the city who unselfishly helps Stephen find his sister and son.
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Msimangu--Cry...
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The priest from England who helps Stephen in his troubles.
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Father Vincent--Cry...
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Stephen's brother who denies the tribal validity and who becomes a spokesman for the new movement in the city.
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John Kumalo
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The native landlady with whom Stephen stays while in Johannesburg.
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Mrs. Lithebe
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A wealthy landowner whose son is murdered by Absalom and who comes to the realization of the guilt of the whites in such crimes.
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James Jarvis--Cry...
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James Jarvis' son, who does not appear in the novel but whose racial views are highly significant and influential.
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Arthur Jarvis--Cry...
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The father and the son represent two opposing views concerning the racial problem. The father represents the traditional view and the son the more liberal view.
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The Harrisons--Cry...
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The Death of Ivan Illyich
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Leo Tolstoy
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The Metemorphosis
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Franz Kafka
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Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe
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Cry, The Beloved Country
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Alan Paton
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A Simple Heart
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Gastuv Flaubert
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Easter 1916
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William Butler Yeats
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The Second Coming
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William Butler Yeats
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Sailing to Byzantium
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William Butler Yeats
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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William Butler Yeats
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Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop
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William Butler Yeats
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Requiem
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Anna Akhmatova
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Zaabalawi
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Naguib Mahtouz
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Servant, nanny, and cook of Madame of Aubain for 50 years. Simple and completely illiterate. Envied by the town, loves children, parents died--bad childhood.
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Felicite--A Simple Heart
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Felicite has a fierce loyalty towards her despite her stand-off-ish attitude towards everyone.
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Madame Aubaine--A Simple Heart
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Lived at the convent and died young.
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Virginie--A Simple Heart
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Felicite's nephew--Used Felicite and his mother to get things, but Felicite still loves him unconditionally.
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Victor--A Simple Heart
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Felicite's parrot that she had stuffed after it died. It eventually becomes holy to her because of the stained glass in which the holy spirit looked like a parrot.
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Lou Lou--A Simple Heart
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Conformist to society, cared only about trivial things like possessions and card games. Became very dissatisfied with his life.
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Ivan Illyich--The Death of Ivan Illyich
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The wife of Ivan Illyich who cared more about material possessions and her own happiness than her dying husband.
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Praskova Fedorovana--The Death of Ivan Illyich
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Servant boy who holds up Ivan Illyich's legs all night.
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Gerasim--The Death of Ivan Illyich
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Ivan Illyich's supposed best friend who only associates with Ivan for networking. Only cares about taking Ivan's position when he dies.
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Peter Ivanovich--The Death of Ivan Illyich
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Sells fabric for a living--extremely hard worker.
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Gregor Samsa--Metamorphosis
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Gregor's sister who cares for him at first and eventually stops caring.
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Grete Samsa--Metamorphosis
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A aristocratic count from Russia, but gave up privileged life and became a monk. He freed surfs and gave away his land.
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Leo Tolstoy
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Considered himself an intellectual elite.
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William Butler Yeats
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Lived through the crumbling of the Soviet Union. Minimalist--no flowery language.
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Akhmatova
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Egyptian Cultural Identity--Worried about Capitalism's effects on culture--business men too busy to help him.
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Mahtouz
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