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    During the year‚ the Sophomore class studied multiple cultures‚ including Afghanistan‚ English‚ French‚ Nigerian‚ and Soviet cultures. Although these cultures had many differences‚ they all shared one common unifying element‚ religion. In A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ all of the characters practiced the same religion‚ Islam. The taliban use religion to unify the citizens in Afghanistan by enforcing Islamic laws and customs. In Things Fall Apart‚ the Nigerian tribes practice a traditional polytheistic

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    Things Fall Apart Proverbs Proverbs are phrases use to explain certain solutions. Proverbs can explain specific situations within certain words to get the point across. The function for proverbs is to describe something without having to be forward with what is being said. There were five proverbs from things fall apart that stuck out to me. These proverbs are “when a man says yes chi also says yes”‚ what is good in one place is bad in another”‚ “If I fall down for you and you fall down for

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    created by imperialism. Despite the social implications‚ a postcolonial view allows the reader to analyze the methods used to combat these biases in literature. Notably‚ Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart stands as an example of a novel at war with preconceived notions of Africans. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart humanizes Africans though language‚ semblance of societies‚ and a focus on the

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    of gender and power or society in ‘Othello’ and ‘Things Fall Apart’. The use of gender and power in both‚ ‘Othello’ and ‘Things Fall Apart’ is very significant. In Othello men have more personal freedom and women are judged by them in relation to them‚ where as in Things Fall Apart‚ women do not have any power in the society since a man is considered wealthy if a man has three wives which the protagonist of things fall apart‚ Okonkwo did. In Othello‚ the relationship between

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    occurrences in history occur when cultures collide with each other. This quote by Kevin Chau illustrates the truth about these collisions “The nature of culture is evolution. The practice of culture is adaptation.”(Kevin Chau) Upon the clash of two cultures typically one must adapt to survive else be consumed by the opposing culture. In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe suggests that when cultures collide with a lack of empathy for each other things will indeed fall apart shown by the British missionaries

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    George Rodriguez Mr.Corradino A.P. Literature 12-FEB-2013 Things Fall Apart Feeling unwanted is a universal human experience. It makes for a great theme for literature since it can reach a broad spectrum of people. Alienation is a terrible experience for people. They lose their since of belonging in doing so they lose their identity that they have built up and become lost in a place that was once their home. Although alienation is a traumatic experience for anyone to go though‚ it also provides

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    cultural values and practices‚ but most native people’s culture was diminished when they were forced to convert to other religions‚ traditions and values as well as family roles. Therefore‚ when examining the novel Things Fall Apart‚ the film Dakota 38 as well as the film Rabbit Proof Fence‚ it can be further proven that in the wake of colonization‚ culture can be completely disregarded and in time‚ diminished. In the novel Things Fall Apart as well as Dakota 38‚ many native peoples in those texts

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    In things fall apart the author Chinua Achebe talks in first person about Okonkwo that he is so powerful and passionate about a lot of things. Okonkwo is a very influential leader is his “umuofia” clan. He has a made a very high name for himself and everybody recognizes his achievements. Okonkwo did this because of his lazy and squandering father‚ Unoka‚ and this has what driven him to succeed. In “Things Fall Apart” the author really focuses on a lot of points but one major point he put pressure

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    novel Things Fall Apart. The novel victimizes the characters and one acculturation: Ikemefuna‚ Okonkwo‚ and the Igbo culture. Ikemefuna‚ a boy torn between two different villages‚ experiences betrayal from his father. Okonkwo‚ a strong‚ old fashioned man‚ becomes a victim and falls apart when a new culture is inserted to his clan. Christian Missionaries ‚that are invading the clan‚ destroy the Igbo culture by bringing a new religion among the culture’s people. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua

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    crafts the greatest masterpiece in African Literature‚“Things Fall Apart”.The novel apprises the reader on all the hardships and struggles the Igbo people have to endure during British colonization while imbuing them with Igbo aesthetics. The Author uses a series of tools consisting of conflict‚ Igbo culture ‚ and an unique perspective to convey the idea that versatility and survival come hand in hand. The argument that Achebe uses conflict to show the importance of versatility are backed by these

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