Things Fall Apart Dialectical Journal

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Two Europeans, Kayerts and Carlier work on an outpost in Africa. They work for a Belgian ivory trading company. The outpost is very isolated, and the men must have their supplies/food delivered by boat. At the station work ten black natives and Makola. He is the storekeeper and lives at the station with his wife.

At first Kayerts and Carlier are working very hard. They want to get very rich, but after a while they become lazy. One day, Makola sells the ten African workers as slaves for a lot of ivory. Kayerts and Carlier don't do anything about this deal./don't try and stop this trade. They accept the fact, that people were traded for ivory.

In this situation, you can see that Makola
He does state that she is tall from the quote, '…and if she's tall - as tall as I' taken from page 2.
He also reveals she has dark eyes, a quote from page 5 follows 'Her eyes, then, are not dark like mine?' This can be perceived in two slightly different ways. The obvious first is that of a physical feature. The second less apparent characteristic is of a devious, manipulative and possibly scheming aspect, perhaps based on her own personality. It is clear that Rhoda does not have the choice to work or not, and, later it becomes apparent that she lives on her own with her son, who is around the age of twelve. Rhoda is determined to ensure that her son admires her. His personal view of his mother is important to her; she may feel threatened by Farmer Lodges new wife and this maybe the reason why she sent her son out to see what she looks like. This inflicts a shallow, insecure view of herself, in that she believes physical characteristics are more significant than personality. As a mother it is important to Rhoda to protect her son from any idol gossip he may hear about her from the village where they live. This
Rhoda's quirky character varies a lot, from other females that live within the network where she lives and works.
However I feel there is a strong connection between Rhoda and
Gertrude, in that they are both strong outcasts in the community.
Event though much they may dispute it, their characters are very alike. The narrative viewpoint differs from each story. 'The Son's Veto' and
'The Withered Arm' are written by using an omniscient narrator, which is a use of narrator that is not a character within the story.
Whereas, 'Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver' uses first person narrative. 1st person narrative is when the story is told by one of the characters point of view. This may seem more friendly and authentic because of the use of the local regional dialect. However by using one character to explain the story we can only experience and explore their feelings and point of view, which gives a biased and perhaps fiction analysis over situations. The omniscient style of narrative sees everything, which gives an unbiased view of what is happening in the story they are more truthful and factual then the use of a 1st person narrative.

Depending on the different personalities of the readers'