a novel by Chinua Achebe‚ has achieved textual integrity through a set of core ideas which are developed through the characters and events in the novel. The novel shows the drastic effect of white missionaries who colonise an African clan of Ibo people; bringing with them a new religion as well as laws‚ punishments and very different customs. Events described in the narrative highlight that a community and or an individual must at some point adapt to change and a new environment or face being
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Attention Getter: The Ibo culture is a old practice that the people in Southern Nigeria still practice today It’s the second biggest old practices in the world. Transitional Sentence: They have many different customs‚ traditions and beliefs. Slope:Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a leader named Okonkwo‚ Okonkwo is a wealthy and well respected warrior of the clan of Umuofia. He goes through many hard decisions and hard times with his clan and his family. Thesis: In The Ibo culture they
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Fears of Okonkwo Everyone shows fear. Fear can cause an unpleasant emotion due to someone or something being dangerous‚ painful‚ or a threat. Many main characters in novels show fear. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo‚ the main character‚ who struggles with fear and battles it to become stronger. Okonkwo struggles with fear of becoming like his father‚ fear of looking weak‚ and fear of his children not becoming like him. Okonkwo shows fear of becoming like his father. Okonkwo reveals
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The essence of a literature‚ in most cases‚ parallels life’s mysteries. As Ernest Hemingway put it‚ “To be truly memorable‚ a book must have at its core one of life’s great quests: the quest for love‚ truth‚ or power.” In other words‚ the very heart of a text must show its readers the pursuit of self-fulfillment. Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ reveals through the customs and traditions of Ibo culture‚ as well as the choices and consequences made by each character that a body of work is only
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CURRICULUM VITAE UGWU DORATHY UCHENNA Holy Family Catholic Church‚ Imilike-Enu‚ Udenu Local Government Area‚ Enugu State uc47real@yahoo.com PERSONAL DATA Sex: Female Marital Status: Single Date of Birth: 7th June‚ 1986 Religion: Christianity Nationality: Nigeria State of Origin: Enugu L.G.A of Origin: Udenu Phone Number: 08065828333 INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATE 1. Inland Primary School‚ Imilike-Enu 1995 2. Community Girls’ Secondary
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The Ibo tribe’s culture has slowly drifted away and same goes for Okonkwo as a person. Ever since the missionaries came‚ the culture has fell apart. This is exactly why the collision of the Ibo culture and the missionaries create a great change in Okonkwo’s identity. The collision in the cultures starts off first when the missionaries come to the tribe. “At first the clan had assumed that it would not survive. But it had gone on living and getting stronger.” This showing that the church getting
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In the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ adversity is defined as “a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune”. Throughout his film‚ The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring‚ Peter Jackson displayed the effects of adversity on identity through his deuteragonist‚ Aragorn. Adversity shaped Aragorn’s identity in three instances; when Gandalf died‚ when the Uruk-hai initiated an attack against the fellowship‚ and finally‚ when Frodo and Sam departed in a different direction
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As the conflict rises‚ Kino has change from a loving husband to an angry and disturbed man which are revealed in his thoughts‚ speech‚ and actions. One change that makes him an angry person is when the refuses to treat Kino because of his race. For example‚ Kino has “struck the gate” with his bare hand and his knuckles were “split” with “blood” gushing out (Steinbeck 7). Of course‚ any husband would be angry because a doctor has not want to attend a poor family and would change after this dilemma
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5 Abner Snopes work for‚ it is depicted that the family “eat the cold food remaining from the mid- afternoon meal” (Faulkner‚ 1939‚ p.6). Once again Abner Snopes lacks the ability to provide steaming hot food for his family so as to keep them warm and satisfied. These two examples reflect Abner Snopes’ failure to provide a comfortable life for his family. An other basic need that Abner Snopes fails to fulfil is to provide a permanent home for his family. Colonel Sartoris Snopes is overwhelmed by
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