Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe once said‚ “Art has a social purpose [and] art belongs to the people… The total life of a man is reflected in his art” (Popova). These words hold true in Ibo culture‚ for whom the presence of art is essential. The tribe often uses masks‚ carvings‚ and tattoos as forms of artistic expression (“Igbo”). Tattoos are essential to Ibo culture as they convey the tribe’s identity. Yams signify honor and masculinity‚ traits the Ibo idolize. Achebe confirms this as he writes
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continent by western culture written by white’ hand. Apart from the shining example of Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness (1902) we can also find traces of colonial perspective in the novel Color Purple (1982). What is interesting that the writer herself‚ Alice Walker‚ is an African American as well as her character‚ Nettie‚ who finds herself among American missionaries in an African tribe. Walker describes life in African tribe is very similar way as the narratives written by white colonizers: without
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WrTamara M. Newton Written Task Question: How could the text be read and interpreted by two different readers? In 1990‚ Tim Obrien‚ decided to share his poignant story with the world‚ converting all his Vietnamese War experiences into a book called: The things they carried. Through one of his chapters‚ On the Rainy River‚ were Obrien is illustrated as a young man who has received a draft notice‚ and has two choices‚ go to war and be a “hero” or scape from responsibilities and be remembered
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read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to be a perfect wife for
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RESEARCH PAPER: The Analysis-criticizing Method of Written Sources (Through surveying Kautilya’s Arthashastra) BY NGUYEN THI THANH MAI Department of South Asian Studies Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Social Sciences and Humanities Vietnam National University December‚ 2012 Abstract Historians have used different kinds of sources to reconstruct the narratives of the past or to create a complete and accurate picture of what happened in the past on such aspects as politics‚ economy
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(HL) (External Assessment) Written assignment 20% Creative writing of 500-600 words plus a 150-word rationale‚ based on one of the literary texts read. The task: Students produce a piece of creative writing that may be chosen from the recommended text types listed for paper 2 (see below). It will be based on a work of literature that the student has read as part of the course and may use related information from other reading material. Examples of written assignments could be writing a
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The article “Gendercide: The War on Baby Girls Winds Down” by The Economist iterates how past trends in sex-selective fertility have recently changed to produce a more equal sex ratio at birth in countries including South Korea‚ China‚ Pakistan‚ Vietnam‚ and South Caucasus due to ideological changes (Gendercide: The war on baby girls winds down‚ 2017). Even though these changes are leading to a more natural sex ratio‚ decades of sex-selective fertility have lasting impacts on population aging and
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True and advanced works of Chinua Achebe‚ Refugee Mother and Child is a beautiful poem. Chinua Achebe was born in the 1930s in Ogidi‚ Nigeria. Chinua wrote this poem after getting inspired by the citizens of the countries which were going through war. He illustrates the difficulties and suffering they had to go through. The poem is organized into two stanzas each with different lengths. The lines are more or less the same size. The lines are explained clearly and are easy to understand with simple
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Running head: WRITTEN CONTRACTS 1 Written Contracts Javier Garza Grantham University WRITTEN CONTRACTS 2 Written Contracts Paula orally agrees to work with Next Corporation in New York City for two years. Paula moves her family and begins work. Three months later‚ Paula is fired for no stated cause. She sues for reinstatement or pay. Next Corporation argues that there is no written contract between them. What will the court say? Oral contracts
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Doolittle‚ who once was a flower girl‚ is now a noble lady. Her weird English dialect has changed into proper English‚ and now she is seen as an upper-class woman It appears that a dialect has a special role of determining someone’s status and change of dialect changes the person’s status in the society and identity. Is it true? People have their own way of speaking their own language‚ and no one has the right to criticize them. However‚ the fact that a certain pretty young girl named Eliza Doolittle has
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