In the book Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe eminently achieves to show the different approaches Okonkwo reacts to people. Okonkwo taught himself to be tough and show no emotions. As the book says‚ “Despite all of Okonkwo’s showy manliness‚ he is ruled by fear – a profound fear of being deemed weak and feminine‚ like his father. Essentially‚ Okonkwo fears nothing but himself.” He usually reacts rough and unsympathetic to most people‚ yet sympathetic to others. You are able to see these peculiar approaches
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and he was lazy and selfish. “In his day he was lazy and improvident” (Achebe 4). Okonkwo probably would have led a better life. He most likely wouldn’t be as obsessed with power and strength ashe is now. The only reason he’s obsessed with those things is because he doesn’t want to be anything like his father. Okonkwo wanted to be a responsible and tough man that can provide for his family” (Achebe 13). Okonkwo’s life would have been different because he basically decides to be the opposite man
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Things Fall Apart Themes Memory/Documentary Digression is one of Achebe’s main tools. The novel is the story of Okonkwo’s tragedy‚ but it is also a record of Igbo life before the coming of the white man. The novel documents what the white man destroyed. The reader learns much about Igbo customs and traditions; depicting this world is a central part of the novel. Social disintegration Towards the end of the novel‚ we witness the events by which Igbo society begins to fall apart. Religion is threatened
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implications that go beyond the written word. denotation- The dictionary definition of a word. forshadowing- Use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story. hyperbole- A bold‚ exaggerated statement. metaphor- Comparison between like things without using like or as. oxymoron- A paradox in which two contradictory or opposite words are used together. personification- Animals‚ ideas‚ and inatimate objects are given human characteristics‚ abilities‚ or reactions. satire- Witty language
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The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 10.1576/toag.10.2.075.27394 www.rcog.org.uk/togonline 2008;10:75–79 Review Review Nonurological uses of botulinum toxin in gynaecology Authors Akila Anbazhagan / Ralph Roberts Key content: • Botulinum toxin is a powerful neurotoxin which causes temporary flaccid muscle paralysis. • A number of potential gynaecological applications have been described in addition to the well-established uses in urogynaecology. Learning objectives: • To understand
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I named her Urenna‚ meaning father’s pride. She was born on the last market day Nkwo‚ on the 13th month. I remember pacing around the placid compound‚ with my younger brother Achike filling my ears with calm reassurance and comforting words. I sat under the eerie darkness to the break of dawn‚ whispers and prayers slipping from my chapped lips until the midwife came out‚ her bloody hands clasped at her front. “ Nwanne‚ the gods have given to you new life and have taken the old. You have been blessed
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She was Drae now and her new form allowed her to do things her old form did not permit like the inability to be wounded and a new kind of power‚ which she had not learnt to use with understanding. She had no peers and her new form was challenging on so many levels. She had taken her old form for granted and
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of levels‚ the paragraph beginning‚ “The earth seemed unearthly...” is a rich site for the mining of meaning. Read the paragraph and deconstruct the argument that is being developed. Then write an essay that presents that argument and its support. Quote liberally from the text. You have 40 minutes.The earth seemed unearthly. We are used to looking at it like a chained-up monster‚ but there it was monstrous and free. It was unearthly‚ and the men were . . . no‚ not inhuman. That was the worst part
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not so bad world and be serene. It’s no lie that Nwoye wanted a peaceful life where violence didn’t exist‚ and he envied the symbolism of the religious house. If only he pursued Christianity‚ then he might be happy and find his life again. It was just as like Nwoye was attracted to the religion since it was an offer of a more harmonious option‚ unlike his father’s life‚ His inspiration of Okonkwo through Ikemefuna died when Ikemefuna left‚ but Christianity would be a new inspiration for Nwoye to
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home and that he should go home. Since he decided to go home‚ he was willing to risk his life getting caught. He didn’t care at this point because he still had a chance of dying if he still stayed to fight for the war. I don’t think that this was the best choice for Detering because he would still live a little longer being safe if he didn’t try to go back home. I believe that he would now never get to be free anymore since he was already
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