Category: Chinua Achebe
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The Importance of Organized Story-Telling in Things Fall Apart
Whether a reader notices it or not, every form of literature has some form of organization. The elements that are organized that make a story great are, but not limited to, plot, setting, and characters. But of course, authors dont have to have these elements in sequential order all of the time, nor do they…
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Short Story Analysis: ‘Marriage is a Private Affair’ by Chinua Achebe
The excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve and Marriage Is a Private Affair demonstrate the negative and the positive influences of modern ideas and modern ways on traditional cultures. To begin with, one of the pronounced positive influences of modern ways on traditional cultures in the excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve is the medical…
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Erich Fromm’s Ideas About Personality In Things Fall Apart
Personality is built throughout someones childhood and a tragic event can cause it to change form. Whatever environment that a child is exposed to can influence how they begin to act, whether it be a good or bad change, they usually pick up their behavior from their guardians. In Erich Fromms, Sigmund Freuds Mission (1959),…
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Cultural Clash in Chinua Achebe’s Novel ‘Things Fall Apart’: Critical Essay
Chinua Achebe published his first novel Things Fall Apart in 1958. Achebe wrote his novel in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who needed to be enlightened by the Europeans. Achebe presents to the reader his peoples history with both strengths and imperfections by describing, for example, Igbo festivals, the worship of…
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Things Fall Apart: the Importance of Pride
Throughout the beginning of Things Fall Apart, one of the most notable symbols is Okonkwos pride. Okonkwo is portrayed as a very prideful man, who is driven entirely by his ache for status and ability to be manly. He is afraid of becoming like his father and becoming a coward lacking pride, and unable to…