Directions:
First, write on only one of the topics below;
Second, compose a multi-paragraph essay that has an average length of five double-spaced pages, excluding the work cited page;
Third, plan to spend several weeks on the essay, being careful to
??provide a clear and precise thesis that addresses and answers the question;
??use facts from the works selected to support your argument;
??use critical secondary sources (at least three) to support your essay;
??utilize standard English in the essay;
??employ essay structure and essay map (studied in class) in composing your essay;
??demonstrate familiarity with the context of the works selected; and
??provide adequate details and explanation of ideas to support your argument
1. Things Fall Apart and the Collapse of African Culture
2. Missionaries as necessary Evils in Things Fall Apart
3. The patriarchal System in Things Fall Apart
4. Classes and Clashes in Things Fall Apart
5. The Rise and Fall of Okonkwo: A Metaphorical Death of a Vibrant African Culture.
6. Crises of Identity in Fugard?s Sizwe Bansi is Dead.
7. Fugard?s Plays: A Mirror Image of Apartheid in South Africa
8. Fugard?s The Island and the Torture of a People
9. African writers: On the defense of a culture
