Monday, August 30, 2010
How were children raised?
In the the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe each household is enclosed in a designated area with one wife. Each wife lives in a hut with her children, and the husband visits each wife in turn. Children are often cared for in groups rather than individually. What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of this form of social structure are? Advantages to raising kids in a society like that would be being able to many kids. Disadvantages to raising kids in a society like that would be that the kids would grow up to hate their dad. Like in the story Okonkwo grew up to hate his father.
How did coca cola get its name??
How did coca cola get its name? Coca cola got its name from a special nut called the kola nut. Now the kola nut is a stimulant like a strong tea or coffee, which is served on social occasion. Coca cola was used on social occasions as well. In the story things fall apart by Chinua Achebe he doesn't explain what the kola nut is, he simply gave an example of how it would be used. I think the reason that he chose not to explain what it is used for is because, by reading how the sentence is worded i think any one can figure it out.
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