professionals to work effectively in cross cultural situations. I believe that I am culturally competent because I am able to put my ideas and someone else’s ideas in a way that would benefit the both of us or in any given situation. In the story Dead Men’s Path Michael Obi was not culturally
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unspoken bias masks our minds‚ causing us to only realize how harm is being done to one party rather than the other one as well. This moral struggle is depicted in the short stories Dead Men’s Path and Shooting an Elephant. In Dead Man’s Path‚ Chinua Achebe highlights the dangers in our own actions through the character Michael Obi. Obi is recently appointed headmaster of a school but his fatal decision to interfere with the village‚ strips his title away. Comparably‚ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George
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“ Dead Men’s Path” Over the years‚ populations around the world have been raised with many different cultures and beliefs. These are cultures that are accepted by some and denied and frowned upon by others because they have their own beliefs. Over the recent years the cultures do tend to change in the fact that they add new beliefs to the old ones. In Achebe’s “Dead Men’s Path” Michael Obi the newly appointed headmaster of the Ndume School has different religious and cultural beliefs then that
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"Dead Men’s Path" Chinua Achebe’s "Dead Men’s Path" is filled with symbolism. The story starts off in January of 1949‚ where young Michael Obi became headmaster of Ndume Central School. I think this is very symbolic it that Chinua Achebe would have been 19 in 1949‚ so this whole story may be based on what his hopes and dreams were‚ he eventually became a teacher‚ so maybe he wanted to become a headmaster and not just a teacher. "We shall make a good job of it‚ shan’t we?" Said Michael to
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“Dead Man Path” The short story‚ “Dead Men’s Path‚” by Chinua Achebe‚ in the short story Achebe addresses the cultural conflicts that exists between Michael Obi’s the central character “European” ideas verses “old” African customs. Obi has a total disregard for the people of the village and his colleagues. The story is set in 1949‚ a rural village in southeast Nigeria. Obi is willing to do anything to ensure that his educational mission is satisfied. He makes every effort to change everything
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Dead Men’s Path by Chinua Achebe Dead Man’s Path is a short story that was written by Chinua Achebe‚ an African writer whose stories reflect on African culture and its traditions. This particular piece by Achebe was written in 1953 and was featured in Girls at War‚ which is a collection of his short stories. This story is about a young man who becomes headmaster of an African school and‚ by stories end‚ learns an important lesson when he ignores the local traditions of the school’s village
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Conflict between the village and the headmaster In the short story “Dead Men’s Path” the author Chinua Achebe tells us a story about Obi‚ his wife‚ the village and the people that live there. This short story shows us some relation to conformity‚ identity‚ and rebellion‚ because of some conflict and things that went on in the village. This village had a school that was “unprogressive”‚ and needed a new headmaster. Obi was picked as the new headmaster‚ because he was young. The “Mission authorities”
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Dead Men’s Path – summary Michael Obi became the headmaster of a school called Ndume Central School. He was very happy with his new job. He wanted to create a modern school out of an old-fashioned one. With the help of his wife Nancy‚ he wanted to show how a modern school should be run. He had two aims for the new school: a high standard of teaching and a beautiful schoolyard. Nancy planted flowers of many different colours that blossomed when the rain set in. One day‚ Obi saw an old
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DEAD MAN’S PATH by CHINUA ACHEBE The title of this story "Dead Man’s Path" foreshadows the series of events about to take place in the story. "Dead Man’s Path" does not only refer to the ancestral pathway but also refers to Obi’s choice of action. His "path" by not compromising has made him a "Dead Man". Dead in this context is not death‚ but is referring to his failure. His dream died. The title also foreshadows dark events that would occur in the story. Meaning this story has quite a sad ending
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“Dead Man’s Path” In the short story “Dead Man’s Path” by Chinua Achebe our main character Michael Obi‚ is faced with a struggle between traditionalism and modernism. Obi is appointed headmaster at Ndume Central to help the otherwise unprogressive school. Having many ideas and being a young enthusiastic man‚ mission authorities felt he was the best for the job but being narrow minded is ultimately his downfall. Michael Obi is very much a modern man. When Obi was speaking to his wife Nancy about
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