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    Things Fall Apart” a novel shown to the world describing the exciting world and cultural diversity of Nigeria. The Igbo tribe is a strong thriving community in the depths of Africa. Okonkwo a strong tribal warrior‚ shows his commitment to the Igbo tribe along with the traditions he teaches his son Nwoye. In the novel “Things Fall Apart” Chinue Achebe guides the reader through the diverse region of Nigeria. As the reader learns the traditions of the Igbo people the reader also learns the adversity

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    Exile can be the self-imposed banishment from one’s home or given as a form of punishment. Exile results in solitude; leaving people only time to reflect upon their self. B. The main characters in The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ The Tempest‚ and Things Fall Apart all encounter exile due to their actions. C. (THESIS) – The protagonists‚ Gilgamesh‚ Prospero‚ and Okonkwo all have experiences of exile which alienate them from their homeland‚ but as hurtful as it is for them to go through; their experience

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    The importance of pride‚ reputation‚ and masculinity is immense to a man. Things Fall Apart with Connections sets in Umuofia‚ Nigeria as every man in the country seeks reputations as masculine and rankings by titles. “There were only four titles in the clan‚ and only one or two men in any generation ever achieved the fourth and highest. When they did‚ they became the lords of the land” (88). Titles proved how hard they worked for the size of their yam harvest‚ skills in wrestling‚ and bravery in

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    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 religion. Different members of the tribe remain unified under their common religious beliefs and practices‚ until they are introduced to Christianity. Soon‚ the belief in one God unifies

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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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    After reading the end of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart‚ I had sympathy for the main character of the story; Okonkwo‚ who represents the vulnerability of a tribe by the coming of the Europeans and their Christianity rules‚ and the abuse of power and violence that the officials in the jail used to dehumanize the leaders of Umofia in the last chapters on the novel. An unexpected ending of the novel took me by surprise‚ I believe Okonkwo is a victim from his own destiny and the circumstances

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    Sunny Merchant 11/24/14 Things Fall Apart Response Watkins To write this essay well‚ we must first understand what imperialism is and what mentality the Europeans had about Africa at the time. Imperialism is when a country wants to extend its power and influence. In the case of this book‚ European imperialism drove them to engage in what is commonly referred to as “the scramble for Africa”. In the minds of the Europeans‚ the Africans were nothing more than savages. Many times‚ the Europeans equated

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    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 and the Ibo people in the novel‚ along with violence in Nigeria today‚ however the collision of cultures can also be deemed a positive thing shown by intercultural exchange throughout history. In Achebe’s novel a lack of empathy is indeed

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    “Change before you’re forced to change” (Goodell). The historical novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe revolves around Okonkwo and his struggles with adapting to the new cultural collision that is presented to his village with the arrival of the colonist. The novel starts off by explaining the daily life of Okonkwo and his village prior to his exile and eventually leads into his accidental murder of a clansman which results in his exile. As the novel progresses‚ colonists arrive in Okonkwo’s

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