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extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mothers side was ...

powerful man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started ...

Hurstons perspective of womanhood as a journey toward self discovery and ultimate independence. The student researching this top...

I believe that Hurston was attempting to expose the scope of the racism problem through the character of Janie, as well as the str...

culture that keeps the people alive. He represents the average individual in any given culture and could perhaps exist in almost a...

a failure, his life becomes dominated by fear that "he should be found to resemble his father" (Achebe 13). Repeatedly, Achebe sho...

that never completely heals. She was humiliated by her slave master, who raped her, impregnated her, and beaten by his wife who t...

men who are "warriors", who have won distinction on the battlefield. Achebe comments that "in Umuofia...men were bold and warlike"...

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

In comparison to the many overt forms of change these villagers have been forced to experience over time as a result of colonialis...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

without them. The power in Umuofia society was deeply steeped in "masculine traditions" (Osei-Nyame 148). The reputation o...

man and religion, which changes the society. Through all of these events and conditions we are witness to incredible change, most ...

out of his clan like a fish onto a dry sandy beach, panting" (Achebe 92). In other words, the women would reiterate what the prove...

tactics. There is a great disparity between the haves and the have nots. The health conditions are horrible with no running water ...

In 8 pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of postcolonialism and individual culpability. There are 4 sources cited in the...

In five pages this paper examines the conflict associated with social change is examined in a comparative analysis of these texts....

the point of view of many minor characters, one of which is Nwoye, Okonkwos son. In many ways, Nwoyes story contributes to the no...

In five pages this paper examines how thematic elements are developed by Chinua Achebe in this critical analysis. There are no ot...

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...

In six pages this essay discusses how women's positioning in Umuofian society reveals much about its culture as represented in Ach...

In six pages this paper examines the impact Westernization had on Africa as portrayed in these novels by Nigerian author Chinua Ac...

In this essay consisting of two pages the writer presents the argument that Okonkwo's failure to conform to society in all matters...

This essay consisting of four pages considers how the protagonist satisfies the tragic hero criteria as defined by Aristotle offer...

of language, but a commonality of viewpoint and a commonality of assumption. This brings up the question of the extent to which ...

This act served a dual significance - it ended Okonkwos life and anguish, and it was a parting shot to the Christianity that had t...

him. He is a man who holds to the laws of his people, he is strong and courageous, and he is fairly well defined. But events take ...

change, most notably the changes that take place in relationship to a leading member of the old tradition, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is ...

has absolutely certainty in his own value and the value of his "modern" ideas. However, by rejecting older, more traditional appro...

could have begotten a son like Nwoye, degenerate and effeminate(Achebe 143). In fact, the barbaric way in which the women are bea...