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    Dead Man Path” The short story‚ “Dead Men’s Path‚” by Chinua Achebe‚ in the short story Achebe addresses the cultural conflicts that exists between Michael Obi’s the central character “European” ideas verses “old” African customs. Obi has a total disregard for the people of the village and his colleagues. The story is set in 1949‚ a rural village in southeast Nigeria. Obi is willing to do anything to ensure that his educational mission is satisfied. He makes every effort to change everything

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    Dead Men’s Path by Chinua Achebe Dead Man’s Path is a short story that was written by Chinua Achebe‚ an African writer whose stories reflect on African culture and its traditions. This particular piece by Achebe was written in 1953 and was featured in Girls at War‚ which is a collection of his short stories. This story is about a young man who becomes headmaster of an African school and‚ by stories end‚ learns an important lesson when he ignores the local traditions of the school’s village

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    "Dead Men’s Path" Chinua Achebe’s "Dead Men’s Path" is filled with symbolism. The story starts off in January of 1949‚ where young Michael Obi became headmaster of Ndume Central School. I think this is very symbolic it that Chinua Achebe would have been 19 in 1949‚ so this whole story may be based on what his hopes and dreams were‚ he eventually became a teacher‚ so maybe he wanted to become a headmaster and not just a teacher. "We shall make a good job of it‚ shan’t we?" Said Michael to

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    the traditions and culture in order to be accepted. In Chinua Achebe’s short story‚ dead man’s path‚ we are introduced to Michael Obi who is in middle of the two. Michael Obi was put to be the headmaster of Ndume Secondary school in 1948 before Nigeria gained her independence. By this time‚ the only operational schools in the area were run by British missionaries. The missionary authorities sent him an energetic man to help him run the school. This was warmly welcome by Obi. As we can see his wife

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    Conflict between the village and the headmaster In the short story “Dead Men’s Path” the author Chinua Achebe tells us a story about Obi‚ his wife‚ the village and the people that live there. This short story shows us some relation to conformity‚ identity‚ and rebellion‚ because of some conflict and things that went on in the village. This village had a school that was “unprogressive”‚ and needed a new headmaster. Obi was picked as the new headmaster‚ because he was young. The “Mission authorities”

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    consternation of the villagers. The local priest then tries to remind Obi of the path’s historical and spiritual significance as the sacred link between the villagers‚ their dead ancestors‚ and the yet unborn. Obi flippantly derides the priest’s explanation as the very kind of superstition that the school is intended to eradicate because “dead men do not require footpaths.” Two days later the hedge surrounding the school‚ its flower beds‚ and one of its buildings lie trampled and in ruins— the result of the

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    Dead Mens Path” In the story‚ Dead Mens Path‚ the beliefs between modern thinking and religious beliefs clash together between a transfer teacher and a native priest. Different points of views come to pass and while the two men believe that one is right and one is wrong‚ is actually false. Modern thinking and religious beliefs both have their own time and place‚ and while it may seem strange‚ both can be right. Michael Obi‚ the transfer teacher‚ argues that the only way people should live their

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    Currents in Literature page 169 "Dead Mans Path" is a ironic short story that contains a cause-and-effect progression. In the beginning of the story‚ we see that the Ndume Central School was deemed very unprogressive. That was why the main character‚ Mr. Obi‚ came to the school as the new headmaster. This is the cause-and-effect pattern. It truly makes the title more ironic as the story unfolds. Because the school is so unsuccessful‚ Mr. Obi’s wife‚ Nancy‚ wanted to support her husband

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    DEAD MAN’S PATH by CHINUA ACHEBE The title of this story "Dead Man’s Path" foreshadows the series of events about to take place in the story. "Dead Man’s Path" does not only refer to the ancestral pathway but also refers to Obi’s choice of action. His "path" by not compromising has made him a "Dead Man". Dead in this context is not death‚ but is referring to his failure. His dream died. The title also foreshadows dark events that would occur in the story. Meaning this story has quite a sad ending

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    The Parable Story "Dead Men’s Path" In this short story "Dead Men’s Path‚" Chinua Achebe gives the protagonist an exciting chance to fulfill his dream. Michael Obi was fixed officially headmaster of Ndume Central School‚ which was backward in every sense. He had to turn the school into a progressive one‚ however the school received a bad report when the supervisor came to inspect. Why did the school get a nasty report and Obi could not become a glorious headmaster even though he put his whole

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