In the postcolonial novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ (page 13) it’s apparent that the main character Okonkwo is an ideal example of what shame does to a person and how it becomes that person as a whole. “Okonkwo was ruled by one passion- to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved.” Okonkwo
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of the Ibo culture important to its survival? Women: Weak Gender?! In the novel “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe we are introduced to a different Africa than most of us know. We travel back in time and go to the pre-colonial Africa‚ more specifically Nigeria‚ to a village known as Umofia where the Ibo people live. The Ibo people form a very archaic and agriculture based society. Achebe introduces us to this new world that was seen by the Europeans as an unsociable and savage place and shows
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To begin with‚ Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a very simple and easy read. It should only take maybe a day or two at the most to read. However‚ for more advanced readers who look deep inside the sentences and phrases of the book‚ Things Fall Apartis full of hidden meanings. This book is full of metaphors‚ irony‚ and similes. In this blog I will analyze the metaphors‚ irony‚ and also give an overview of the book. There are many metaphors throughout the novel and they all aid in the description
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in this world with such grace and humility that ordinary people are compelled to take note. All heros may have different quests but they all share several key attributes such as determination‚ courage‚ and adroitness. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo clearly demonstrates the heroic trait of determination. Unlike his peers‚ Okonkwo wasn’t able to inherit his delinquent father’s land‚ title or barn. This set him back years in social and economic standing. Still‚ due to his intense tenacity
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"Marriage Is A Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe is told in the third person point of view. It takes place somewhere in Nigeria. There are 3 main characters in this story and about 10 in all‚ however they are merely mentioned. Nene Atang is the woman that Nnaemeka chose to marry. She’s from Calabar‚ she’s a good housewife‚ a teacher in an all female school and she has a good Christian background. She is engaged to Nnaemeka when the story begins. Nnaemeka is the son of a man who is a member of the
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In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the beliefs of an afterlife and spirit world were strong factors in the daily events of an Ibo person’s life. These beliefs controlled their actions and thoughts all the time. The Ibo believed in not only personal spirits‚ but also in a supreme deity‚ the Creator of the world and the Ibo‚ as well as the minor gods and entities of the spirit world. To the Ibo‚ it was customary for one to approach a great and powerful man through his servants. Sacrifices were
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the utmost conviction. His intensity is startling for all who witness it‚ and he even goes so far as to defy the gods because of his conviction‚ "...Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody half-way through‚ not even for fear of a goddess" (Achebe 73). In this quote it is stated that he would not go back on his decision even for fear of a goddess. Okonkwo’s actions shows the utmost conviction. Does that make him the worst? I don’t think so‚ because he is a valuable warrior on the battlefield
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the events that lead up to the death of Ezeudu’s son creates an unbiased and unemotional recounting of the events that pushes the reader to determine for himself what he believes is the emotional effect of the events. Sometime during the incident Achebe tells the reader‚ “All was silent‚” (123) a statement clearly lacking any reference to the time in which it took place. What causes a silence is imperative in determining the emotion in the silence‚ but without this the reader is pushed to consider
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Achebe communicates his personal beliefs on the way Western civilization studies the culture of those thought to be more primitive than their own when he closes his novel with the District Commissioner’s thoughts and book title: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. Despite giving the book’s title “much thought‚” the District Commissioner ends up highlighting the insensitivity and ignorance commonly used by the District Commissioner as well as by the Western civilizations when
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