Homework Questions: Chimamanda Adichie, "That Thing Around Your Neck"
Finish reading "The Thing Around Your Neck" and answer the following questions.
1. List obstacles the protagonist in the story faces.
2. What is "The Thing Around Your Neck"? Explain and offer an example to support.
3. Explain why the relationship between the protagonist and her boyfriend is complicated. Give at least 2 examples and explain the significance of each. (Explanations should be more than 1 sentence long!)
4. What keeps the protagonist from writing to her parents?
Circles of Influence Graphic Organizer: For anyone who has yet to complete the assignment.
Create a visual representation of the variety of cultural factors from your brainstormed list that affect you. The visual should be organized, beautiful, and showhow you are influenced by being a human, American, Grant student, member of your family, member of your friend group, Oregonian, or Portlander, or member of the human race. Choose at least 4 realms to represent using a combination of drawing and writing.
For example, if you draw a basketball and you list : "Sports: track, soccer, football, basketball" you should also write 2-3 sentences that say something like, "sports have influenced me as a cultural being by emphasizing the importance of being a team player, of working hard even when it hurts, and by showing me the value of competition--it pushes me to be better and stronger."
If you just want to draw, then there should be a paragraph explaining how the images represent cultural influences in your life.
1. List obstacles the protagonist in the story faces.
2. What is "The Thing Around Your Neck"? Explain and offer an example to support.
3. Explain why the relationship between the protagonist and her boyfriend is complicated. Give at least 2 examples and explain the significance of each. (Explanations should be more than 1 sentence long!)
4. What keeps the protagonist from writing to her parents?
Circles of Influence Graphic Organizer: For anyone who has yet to complete the assignment.
Create a visual representation of the variety of cultural factors from your brainstormed list that affect you. The visual should be organized, beautiful, and showhow you are influenced by being a human, American, Grant student, member of your family, member of your friend group, Oregonian, or Portlander, or member of the human race. Choose at least 4 realms to represent using a combination of drawing and writing.
For example, if you draw a basketball and you list : "Sports: track, soccer, football, basketball" you should also write 2-3 sentences that say something like, "sports have influenced me as a cultural being by emphasizing the importance of being a team player, of working hard even when it hurts, and by showing me the value of competition--it pushes me to be better and stronger."
If you just want to draw, then there should be a paragraph explaining how the images represent cultural influences in your life.
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