Things Fall Apart
Across
- 2. exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength.
- 4. The Igbo term for to change for the better; improve
- 6. Okonkwo's second wife; the mother of Ezinma, her only living child.
- 7. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of; to fake.
- 8. The Igbo term for disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate; annoy.
- 10. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage:
- 13. habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy.
- 14. subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable.
- 15. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender.
- 17. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
- 18. The Igbo term for shameless or brazenly immodest.
- 20. main character, leader of the Igbo Community.
Down
- 1. someone who shows remorse or contrition for one's past actions or sins.
- 3. Amusement or laughter.
- 5. The Igbo term for a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.
- 9. The Igbo term for a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- 11. Okonkwo's oldest son, age twelve at the book's beginning. He is innately a sensitive young man.
- 12. dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever.
- 16. Okonkwo's best friend, who often represents the voice of reason.
- 19. Okonkwo's father, known for his weakness and lack of responsibility.