“ Dead Men’s Path” Over the years‚ populations around the world have been raised with many different cultures and beliefs. These are cultures that are accepted by some and denied and frowned upon by others because they have their own beliefs. Over the recent years the cultures do tend to change in the fact that they add new beliefs to the old ones. In Achebe’s “Dead Men’s Path” Michael Obi the newly appointed headmaster of the Ndume School has different religious and cultural beliefs then that
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hopes to clean up the educational mission field and speed up its Christianizing mission. Already outspoken in his denigration of “the narrow views” and ways of “superannuated people in the teaching field‚” he expects to make a good job of this grand opportunity and show people how a school should be run. He plans to institute modern methods and demand high standards of teaching‚ while his wife‚ Nancy —who looks forward to being the admired wife of the headmaster—plants her “dream gardens” of beautiful
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Dead Men’s Path – summary Michael Obi became the headmaster of a school called Ndume Central School. He was very happy with his new job. He wanted to create a modern school out of an old-fashioned one. With the help of his wife Nancy‚ he wanted to show how a modern school should be run. He had two aims for the new school: a high standard of teaching and a beautiful schoolyard. Nancy planted flowers of many different colours that blossomed when the rain set in. One day‚ Obi saw an old
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"Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe is a short story about a young headmaster and his conflict with a village’s people when he wants to close a path that is important for their belief. In this story we can see the conflict between modernity and ancient believes. The story is set in 1949 in an African village named Ndume. The narration is told in third person‚ and begins when a young Michael Obi‚ the protagonist‚ was appointed as headmaster of the school. Michael was very enthusiastic with this new
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There was a path that a teacher who has been at the school for about three years stated‚ “the path appears to be very important to them. Although it is hardly used‚ it connects the village shrine with their place of burial.” Michael no longer wanted the path to be there at his school. Ani‚ a village priest shared with Michael the significance of the path‚ but he didn’t care. This is one story I wouldn’t mind forgetting about. It shouldn’t be a big deal if he doesn’t want the path there. Once
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know about character: 1. Characterization is the means by which a writer reveals a character to a reader‚ including appearance‚ speech and behavior‚ thoughts and feelings‚ and other characters’ reactions and opinions. 2. There are four main elements of characterization. These include: a. How a character looks b. How a character acts c. How other characters react to this character d. What the
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HAMLET Settings The main setting is Elsinore Castle in eastern Denmark‚ on the Oresund strait separating the Danish island of Sjælland (Zealand) from the Swedish province of Skåne and linking the Baltic Sea in the south to the Kattegat Strait in the north. Elsinore is a real town. Its Danish name is Helsingor. In Shakespeare’s time‚ Elsinore was an extremely important port that fattened its coffers by charging a toll for ship passage through the Oresund strait. Modern Elsinore‚ or Helsingor‚ is
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MACBETH Macbeth is a play where atmosphere and setting plays a very important part in the play. There are three main parts where the atmosphere and setting affects the plot with the witches‚ Glamis castle‚ and the Dunsinane banquet. The play starts with the Witches‚ which is at a desolate place with thunder and lightning. "When shall we three meet again in thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?" The witches are the main source of the evil and supernatural in the play. "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair"
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in a way that even if changes occur‚ they keep the fundamental value of the previous culture and add a touch of new beliefs from a new era. In Chinua Achebe’s "Dead Men’s Path"‚ Michael Obi‚ the headmaster of a progressive school‚ has different religious beliefs from the village he lives in. Obi wishes to close the path leading to the village’s burial grounds‚ but the villagers oppose this action since it compromises their heritage and culture. One’s approach and character in imposing modernization
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between modern ideas and traditional beliefs‚ as well as the pride and human weaknesses‚ namely‚ dogmatism and stubbornness‚ Achebe frequently utilizes contrast throughout the plot‚ characterization and themes to distinctly stress the importance of respecting the old costumes. Achebe gives the readers a picture of Obi’s personalities in the exposition of the story; as the protagonist possesses the weaknesses of mankind like ego and pride‚ he actually represents the people who try to educate
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