Cultural Labyrinth in the novels of Jumba Lahiri’ “The Namesake” and Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” Literature has been found over the centuries to have certain important kinds of value for human beings. It is an image of life in which is crystallized the climate of thoughts‚ feelings and aspiration of peoples. Literature reflects society and its culture. It not only highlights external appearance‚ but hints at the peculiar tendencies‚ instincts‚ and customs of the society. In this process
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Things Fall Apart The relationship of Okonkwo to his Igbo society in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart was one of pure being. Okonkwo displayed the finest examples of human qualities of what it took to be an Igbo man. Okonkwo strives to be strong‚ masculine‚ industrious‚ respected‚ and wealthy. This was Okonkwo’s inner struggle to be as different from his father as possible‚ who he believed to have been weak‚ effeminate‚ lazy‚ shameful‚ disgraceful‚ and poor. Okonkwo achieves great social and financial
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Chapter 4 Pg 26- “ Looking at a king’s mouth‚ one would think he never sucked at his mother’s breast” -Okonkwo is strong now‚ but he started out as a child at one point Pg 26- Okonkwo used to have respect for Umuofia’s industry and success - He lost it because he was proud Pg 26- “This meeting is for men” -The man is a woman Pg 29- Okonkwo insulted another man since he had no titles -The people around Okonkwo tried to stop him from beating his wife Pg 31--He was told to be humble and not to break
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True Bravery “Scouts Honor” by Avi is a realistic short story about three 9 year old boys who go on a camping trip together to make them look tough and brave. In the beginning the main character gets the idea to join the boy scouts to make him look tough and he wants his friends to join. Soon‚ they all go on the camping trip but they can’t handle it and they hate it. In the end they all admit that they hate roughing it up ( doing rough things ) and they go home. This story shows that these boys
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suffering as critic Northrop Frye says. These heroes catch the attention of the divine power and inevitably serve as instruments that bring suffering to both themselves and the people around them. The suffering that Okonkwo brings upon his clansmen in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole by emphasizing how much control man has over his own suffering‚ especially when he is an instrument that brings pain upon others as well. Early on in the novel
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The novel begins by introducing a young Okonkwo and his triumph over “Amalinze the Cat” in a fight‚ immediately identifying his strength and respect in the Ibo community. The narrator then delves into the topic of Okonkwo’s lazy and cowardly father‚ Unoka‚ whom Okonkwo wants to be the complete opposite of. Okonkwo’s fame‚ respect among the community‚ and hard work granted him a successful farm‚ three wives‚ and multiple children. Though with this greatness came the responsibility of looking after
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Superstition‚ for the Ibo people provides explanations to unexplained phenomena. For example‚ their idea of the obanje explains a woman who has the misfortune of many children repeatedly dying as infants. The Oracle gives the Ibo people a way to feel connected with the gods. For the Ibo‚ the Oracle functions as a way to explain events‚ as well as a way to predict the future. The Ibo people go to the Oracle for advice. In some other cultures‚ people pray to their deity to be guided in the right direction
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A Mesh of the New and the Old A human‚ by definition; “of or pertaining to the social aspect of people” (Merriam Webster). By composition merely “65 percent oxygen‚ 18.6 percent carbon‚ 9.7 percent hydrogen‚ 3.2 percent nitrogen” (madsci.org)‚ and an abundance of other trace elements. However‚ when you describe humanity as a whole‚ the perspective changes and describing it gets much more complicated than a simple definition‚ or a matrix of elements. This is because humanity can not exist without
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About the Poet Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on November 16‚ 1930) is a Nigerian novelist‚ poet‚ professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel‚ Things Fall Apart (1958)‚ which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria‚ Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with
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two poems present their ideas ‘Not my business’ by Niyi Osundare is a poem that is linked to war and slavery. The poem uses modern language and more poetic devices‚ which makes it quite easy to understand and more interesting to read. ‘Vultures’ by Chinua Achebe is linked to a more sinister but romantic theme. This poem is not as easy to understand like ‘Not my business’ because the language used is more formal and the author uses more descriptive words and less poetic devices. So these poems are
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