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    men in their books giving a sense of over belief or disbelief of the alleged exaltations. Chinua Achebe starts by telling of all Okonkwo’s achievements and of his manly stature. Achebe opens‚ “Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Analinze the cat (Achebe 3).” In this way the author is setting up Okonkwo to make you think of him as a great man

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    or the path of the future. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe these views are shown. The negative view is seen by characters like Okonkwo‚ where the establishments being undermined are the huts or the overall way of life. The positive view is seen by characters like Nwoye‚ where he is drawn by the acceptance of Christianity. Either way change is definite due to the Europeans’ forcefulness and will affect the Ibo’s structure immensely. Achebe develops the Ibo’s depth to prove that change within

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    what makes them unique. By reading literature that is based on a culture different than the readers‚ he or she can learn about these different practices. The following short stories show some of the different practices of three different cultures: Chinua Achebe’s “Dead Men’s Path‚” Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Yellow Woman‚” and Jean Rhys’s “The Day They Burned the Book.” Contrasting the cultural practices seen in these stories to the American culture will show how different cultures approach the same

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    English 2309 section 009 WORLD LITERATURE Spring 2015 Instructor: Dr. Ana Savic Office Hours: TTh 2:00-3:00 p.m. Office: CARH 619 Email: asavic@uta.edu Class – section 009: TTh 12:30-1:50 p.m.; location ARCH 401. Course Description and Objectives In ENGL 2309 – World Literature‚ we will read a variety of world literature masterpieces that raise significant aesthetic‚ cultural‚ and social issues. We will focus on developing your ability to engage intellectually with texts and ideas and to articulate

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    In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe reveals various violent traditions within the Igbo culture being changed. Throughout the novel‚ the arrival of the white settlers and missionaries force the Igbo people to change some of their cultural traditions. The beliefs and traditions of a given culture encourage cultural violence and practice upon the members. The main character‚ Okonkwo‚ proves to be a major catalyst for change in the Igbo culture due to his unconventional beliefs. While Hoegberg argues

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    Christianity along with other ways of life. It shows vividly‚ what colonialism does to a foreign country. Colonialism is pretty much one country‚ invading another country‚ and taking over politically as well as socially. In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ he depicts this perfectly. He shows how‚ when culture is taken away‚ some identity is lost. In Africa‚ the original god’s and traditions were changed‚ war broke out‚ and they could do nothing about it! Even in their own land‚ they were under people

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    Cited: AchebeChinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Fawcett Crest‚ 1959. Begam‚ Richard. “Achebe’s Sense of an Ending: History and Tragedy.” Studies in the Novel 29 (1997): 396-411. Champion‚ Ernest A. “A Story Of A Man And His People: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” Negro American Literature Forum 8 (1974): 272-277. Ebeogu‚ Afam. “Igbo Sense of Tragedy: A Thematic Feature of the Achebe School.” The Literary Half-Yearly 24 (1983): 69-86. Irele

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    In the story Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ readers gain a deeper understanding of the role a man plays in the Nigerian and Ibgo society. Within the book‚ men have an overall role of dominance and power over the women of the society. Achebe shows the readers the true face of the masculine man within the Igbo tribe and social society. Achebe writes this story attempting to show the pure‚ true honesty that the Ibgo people have to reveal‚ and within that the readers can easily determine that the

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    Behind every great person in life‚ there lies a person who assisted them in achieving their greatness. In the novels Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Antigone by Sophocles‚ this idea is portrayed perfectly. The way that Achebe developed Ezinma throughout the novel‚ I believe‚ is what was used to show readers the softer and gentler side of Okonkwo. In conjunction with that‚ Sophocles used Ismene to be the more tame and obedient side of Antigone. Through the descriptions and ways that these two

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    since they are from different eras and different social backgrounds; but in fact‚ both of them commit a suicide in the ending part of the story‚ which makes them a comparable pair. Besides‚ the two authors of these two books‚ Virginia Woolf and Chinua Achebe intend to let these two male characters die in the end‚ which emphasize

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