Movement - The movement of people or ideas. (p. 138) In this part of the story the people of Umuofia see a white man and a bicycle for the first time. The white man and the bicycle both moved to Africa from other places.
Region - A group of countries sharing things in common. (p. 105) This part of the story is about a group of villages that are all along a pathway that Okonkwo's village is on. These villages are a region.
Human-Environment Interaction - The way humans come into contact with the environment. (p. 69) There is a passage on this page explaining that the men of Umuofia get their palm wine from tapping the palm trees.
Location - Where something is. Can be relative or absolute. (p. 209) A missionary living with Okonkwo's people writes a book telling us that the village of Umuofia is most likely located in Nigeria.
Place - What it is like at a given location. (p. 36) Yams are very important in the village of Umuofia. The new year is even centered around the harvesting of yams.
Monday, November 19, 2007
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You did a great job with this post. I like your example of movement in the book, when they saw a bicycle for the first time. I also really liked your example for the Human Environment interaction. It really is specific and short. However, your example of Place could be a little better. When I read that yams are very important in the village of Umuofia, I thought, "but how are you sure other villages in Niger don't find great value in yams like Umuofia?" I really really liked your posting! ~ =3
PS: nice layout
You explained what M.R.HE.L.P means well and you gave good examples too. Though your example with place might need to be a little more specific, because all the villages grew yams. You might want to put something that makes Umuofia unique from all the other villages.
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