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Comparison of 'Things Fall Apart', 'Efuru' and 'Epic of Son-Jara (Sunjata)'
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A 6 page paper which compares three African tribal novels -- Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Fa-Digi Sisoko's Epic of Son-Jara (Sunjata) -- to determine what they illuminate about pre-colonial African history. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Afepic.wps
Education in Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A five page paper looking at this book in terms of its treatment of education. The paper argues that before the British imperialists came, the members of the Ibo tribe were far from uneducated and uncivilized; they simply had devised educational and socializing methods which differed from the Western model, but which worked for them. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBacheb6.wps
Moral Lessons in Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A five page paper looking at Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe’s work in terms of the moral lessons the reader takes away with him. The paper asserts that morality is central to literature because it allows fiction to guide us in the way we live our lives. No additional sources.
Filename: KBacheb3.wps
Postcolonialism and Individual Culpability in Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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An eight page paper looking at Chinua Achebe’s novel in terms of the author’s attitude toward the cultural clash between the British and the indigenous culture. The paper asserts that the protagonist Okonkwo symbolizes the aspects of African culture that cannot survive -- not because they are inferior, but because they inflexible and resistant to
change. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBachebe.wps
Social Instability in Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A five page paper looking at the social forces binding the Ibo to tradition in Chinua Achebe’s acclaimed novel. The paper points out that Achebe’s insights illustrate Bronislaw Malinowski’s theories of social change. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBacheb5.wps
The Character of Okonkwo in Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A five page paper looking the protagonist of this novel by Chinua Achebe in terms of the way he illustrates the plight of the Ibo culture. The paper asserts that while our own values often contrast with those of Okonkwo, we understand the poignancy of his fate. No other sources.
Filename: KBacheb7.wps
The Character of Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe’s 'Things Fall Apart' Analyzed
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A 7 page character analysis of Okonkwo, the chief protagonist in Chinua Achebe’s 1959 novel, 'Things Fall Apart,' as well as a consideration of the third-person narrative structure used in the novel. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGoknkwo.rtf
Two Views on Conservatism
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A 6 page analysis of Achebe's Things Fall Apart as understood through a perspective aided by Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. The writer argues that although these two works deal with totally different cultures in totally different time frames, the commonality of human experience gives them quite a few points of similarity. Specifically, they both address the ramifications of rapidly cultural change and how it can be affected by conservative elements within that culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 99achebe.rtf
Apartheid in Paton’s “Cry, The Beloved Country”
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A five page look at the issue of South African apartheid which forms the backdrop of Alan Paton’s novel. The paper concludes that although the protagonist of the novel would be merely content if whites were kind to him, he misses the importance of legally-mandated equality. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBpaton.wps
"Notes from the Hyena's Belly" by Nega Mezlekia
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A 5 page paper which reviews and
summarizes the book "Notes from the Hyena's Belly" by Nega Mezlekia. No additional
sources cited.
Filename: RAhyena.rtf
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