TFA+Reflections+Eldred

-Reflections: After each literature circle discussion, please complete the following reflection in complete sentences on your page. (Clearly label each discussion reflection.) **What were the two most interesting ideas or insights that were discussed in your group meeting today?**Describe the ideas and insights in as much detail as you can, noting the ideas and connections various members came up with as well as any follow-up questions that were asked. (This reflection needs to be a paragraph in length.)

Reflection 1

I think sharing the proverbs was the most interesting discussion in my group meeting today. In this section, there were a lot of proverbs. Breaking down and analyzing these was very interesting. It was actually very helpful and it was also interesting because the proverbs were connected directly to the religion used in the novel. Another interesting idea was fear of weakness of the main character. We were debating about this for a long time about how and why the main character is not showing his affection to his family. We got the idea that he thinks in the perspective of masculine, which might mean that being soft and showing human relationship is being feminine

Reflection 2

I think sharing the question was the most interesting discussion in my group meeting today. In this section, there were a lot of confusing quotes in the section that we read. Breaking down and analyzing these was very interesting. It was actually very helpful and it was also interesting because the quotes were connected directly to the uses of religions.. Another interesting the fable. The tortoise fable was interesting and had very hardcore and important moral: do not be greedy. And we also got the idea that this fable is also referring to imperialism. We found a pattern that every single time a character tells others stories, there's always wrestling and yams involved in the stories.

Reflection 3

We didn't have much time to discuss today. However, I think sharing the question was the most interesting discussion in my group meeting today. There were questions related to a religious things and reaction to the main character's answer about the Mother's Supreme thing. It was actually quite interesting to talk about this, and how other religions believe in different genders. The chicken fable was interesting. I think it was very hard to find, and also the proverbs should've been very hard to find too.

Reflection 4

We talked about a lot of cultural things and war-like events that happened in this section. We talked about culture for the first time. Peter talked about advantages and disadvantages of christianity and the religion in the igbo society.There were questions related to a religious things and reaction to the main character's answer about Okwonko and his group of demonstrators. It was actually quite interesting to talk about this, and how other religions and societies get outraged when they get dominated by other societies. We weren't talking about things related to proverbs today.