Things Fall Apart

no not really. for example if a grape and orange fall, they land at the same time. but if a feather and a orange fall well obviously the orange will fall first.

It's maybe the most famous scientific experiment, Galileo Galilei's dropping objects from the leaning tower of Pisa in order to prove that all objects fall at the same rate, whatever their mass.In his Two New Sciences (1634) Galileo discusses the mathematics (first to apply mathematics for physics analysis) of a simple type of motion what we call today uniform acceleration or constant acceleration. Then he proposes that heavy bodies actually fall in just that way and that if it was possible to create a vacuum, any two falling bodies would travel the same distance in the same time. On the basis of this proposal, he predicts about balls rolling down an inclined plane, Finally, he describes some inclined plane experiments corroborating his theory.Galileo used inclined planes for his experiment to slow the acceleration enough so that the elapsed time could be measured. The ball was allowed to roll a known distance down the ramp, and the time taken for the ball to move the known distance was measured. The time was measured using a water clock.Galileo showed that the motion on an inclined plane had constant acceleration, dependent only on the angle of the plane and not the mass of the rolling body. Galileo then argued that free-fall motion behaved in an analogous fashion because it was possible to describe a free-fall motion as an inclined plane motion with an angle of 90°. Using Newton's laws, we can prove Galileo's theory by decomposing the gravitational force, acting on the rolling balls, into two vectors, one perpendicular to the inclined plane and one parallel to it. http://www.physics.smu.edu/~ryszard/1313fa98/1313-Incline_.PDFFollowing his experiments, Galileo formulated the equation for a falling body or an object moving in uniform acceleration: d=1/2gt2.The is some evidence shows that such experiments were performed by various scientists and experimenters preceding Galileo's work about falling bodies and by this disproving Aristotle's assertion that heavier bodies fall faster than light ones.As early as 1544, the historian Benedetto Varchi referred to actual tests which refuted Aristotle's assertion.In 1576, Giuseppe Moletti, Galileo's predecessor in the chair of mathematics at the university of Padua, reported that bodies of the same material but different weight, as well as bodies of the same volume but different material, dropped from a height arrived at the Earth at the same time.In 1597 Jacopo Mazzoni, of the University of Pisa, reported that he had observed objects falling at the same speed regardless of weight and pieces of an object descending at the same rate as the whole.The most notorious of those is Simon Stevin that in 1586 (3 years before Galileo) reported that different weights fell a given distance in the same time. His experiments, with the help of his friend Jan Cornetts de Groot, were conducted using two lead balls, one being ten times the weight of the other, which he dropped thirty feet from the church tower in Delft. from the sound of the impacts they concluded that the spheres fell with the same speed, not as stated by Aristotle. Stevin is regarded by many as the first one to perform falling bodies experiments.Experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon.1. Hold on the tip of the fingers of different hands a coin and a paper disc about one meter or more above the floor. Drop both of them simultaneously. The coin will reach the floor before the paper disc. From this experiment is possible to conclude mistakenly that heavier objects fall faster.2. Mount the paper disc on the coin and drop them together. Both objects will reach the ground at the same time. The meaning of this experiment is that not the amount of mass causes falling bodies to fall faster or slower but the resistance/friction of air because air resistance is applied here only to the coin and not to the paper disc and by that we can infer that air resistance and not the amount of mass prevented the paper disc from falling faster - the same as the coin.To exclude the possibility that the coin and the disc of paper attract each other you can show that they do not stick together in any position.Experiments are from:Weiss Moshe, Physics by Experimental Demonstrations, vol II, Jerusalem: Rubin Mass, 1968, pp. 208-209

The gods and spirits were said to be supernatural. So too were the gods of the white man.

Obierika

Heart of Darkness explored the exploitation of Africa from a pure European perspective. It doesn't describe the culture of the africans nor giving them any human qualities. They are seen as part of nature and therefore disregarded. Achebe challenged this European view of depicting a lack of culture by writing Things Fall Apart full with folktales, Igbo sayings and giving the Africans a face while still staying impartial towards the Europeans. In doing so he responded to Heart of Darkness by completely tearing apart the description that Joseph Conrad had given of Africa.

Yams were seen as the main farming crop and meal staple of people in Things Fall Apart. Yams took a lot of effort to farm, but was the main way of sustaining a good life. Yams were celebrated, as was the Goddess of the Earth.

It means that Things Fall Apart.

This implies first, that there are things, and then states that they fall apart.

In terms of it's relation to the content of the book, it highlights many things, the reasons they fall apart, and how they fall apart, in many intricate details.

Replace Unoka a nd Okonkwo in place of the Ear and mosquito. you'll notice that the Ear (Okonkwo) is offended just by the sight of Mosquito (Unoka) and didn't want anything to do with him. Ear also called mosquito weak by saying he would die within the week having accomplished nothing. In the end, Mosquito survives and lingers around Ear reminding him that he is still alive. Now you may be wondering, how can Unoka still linger around when he is dead? Well that is what Nwoye is for. He has feminine quality so faint (like a buzz of a mosquito) but strong enough for only Okonkwo to notice. This story shows the relationship between Okonkwo, Unoka, and Nwyoe in only 4 sentences *Don't use this as an answer if you are using this for homework and by any crazy random happenstance you have Mrs. Fritz as your English teacher*

Things Fall Apart was originally published in London.

Hes afraid of women (his actually gay)

Okonkwo believes that direct action is needed to get rid of the Christians. He believes they should be removed from Mbanta by force if necessary. The other tribesman are content to let their gods fight their own battles, and believe they are doing so when the clansmember who killed (or bragged of killing) a sacred python suddenly dies of illness.

Abuse, humble, and others

Okonkwo was respected because he embodied the ideals of manliness among the Igbo. He was strong, and a fierce fighter who had killed other warriors. He threw Amalinze the Cat during a wrestling match. He was a hard worker and farmer, and was financially successful. He had three wives and many children, along with a fairly large compound. He had taken several titles.

His father Unoka was a lazy debtor, a poor farmer, a coward in war, and an agbala, a man who has taken no titles. Children make fun of him for being an agbala. He is a huge debtor because of his drinking debts, and will never pay back the money. He can barely afford to support his family, and yet when he borrows money he almost immediately spends it on wine. Instead of working hard to succeed, he wastes his time playing the flute. People from the village looked down upon him, and Okonkwo felt ashamed by proxy.

Okonkwo tries to rise from this inferiority complex by becoming everything his father is not.

Finally, at the end of his days, Unoka is afflicted with swelling of the limbs and is carried to the Evil Forest to die instead of being given a burial.

The mood is at first uneasy from last chapter's exposition of the growing white man's power, but then moves into a reminiscent flashback of how the power of the church grew in Umuofia. The church seems like a good thing bringing development and progress, but it's growth hampers Okonkwo's plans in his own culture. It is a mixed-mood chapter, with gladness at overall progress but frustration being hampered individually.

The one-handed egwgwu danced a few steps to the funeral drums, while holding his basket full of water in his hand. He then went to see the corpse of Ezeudu, and made a speech. The egwgwu notes that Ezeudu's life had been a good one, and asks him to come again the way he did before, and to avenge his death if it was caused by a man.

They believe the white man has a spiritual power through their gods, that prevents the other gods from killing them.

Achebe seems to question whether some of the traditions really make sense. For example, there is the tradition in one area that they are not able to climb trees to tap for palm wine, but must tap small trees, more than likely killing them.

Other examples include the killing of twins and the forced exile of Okonkwo even though the death of Ekeudu's son was an accident.

The book does not say this explicitly until Nwoye joins the Christians, when Okonkwo calls him an abomination. However, Okonkwo often wishes that Nwoye was stronger, saying that at his age, he should already have impregnated a wife and taken a farm. Okonkwo also wishes that Nwoye were as strong a wrestler as Obierika's child, Okafo.

The 2 villages are never almost at war. Umuofia's sending of a emissary in order to deal with the killing of a Umuofian clanswoman in the marketplace of Mbaino helps settle the issue, as Mbaino acknowledges that they were at fault, agreeing to compensate Umuofia.

It is not a single quote, but a combination of ideas that give this feeling of mentorship. Not only is Uchendu Okonkwo's uncle, but he is a successful man in his own right. He is older, wiser, and has had more wives than Okonkwo. Moreover, he has the power to call together his sons, daughters and Okonkwo. He has the first right to speak during this meeting. He challenges anyone to say that they know more than he does, but they do not. He asks Okonkwo a question, but Okonkwo does not know the answer, at which point he calls Okonkwo still "a child." Uchendu eventually answers his own questions, and ends the conversation unilaterally.

Nwoye's main character trait is his gentleness which is like his grandfather Unoka. This causes him to have difficulty dealing with his father. He enjoys his mother's stories more than his father's stories. His gentleness causes him to eventually convert to Christianity.

They also brought schools, and a system of courts, police, bribery and jails.