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Essays 61 - 90
"earth cannot punish me for obeying her messenger (i.e., the shaman)-A childs fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which ...
Okonkwos, as seen in the words of another author who notes, "The labour of colonial peoples was exploited on plantations and in mi...
close examination of life in an English village in the 19th century; Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebes look at life in an Africa...
In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Okonkwo featured in Chinua Achebe's novel in terms of how the Ibo culture i...
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is in many ways both an indictment of colonial England's arrogance and ignorance about African c...
commanding warrior, whose exploits had become legendary among the Igbo villagers. Unfortunately, Okonkwo was more successful on...
In five pages this paper discusses how the nation state has cursed Africa in a consideration of Basil Davidson's Black Man's Burde...
She follows the traditions and the culture in order to adhere to rules that might save her strength and her health. She does not c...
In a paper consisting of eight pages Bierce's mirroring of human and animal characteristics is explored and these traits are compa...
a most honorable system, and one that idealistically we as westerners claim that we choose to emulate. It is a historical fact t...
In six pages this paper discusses the impact of prejudice and pride upon Nigeria's Ibo village in this analysis of the dialogue an...
Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...
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...
man and religion, which changes the society. Through all of these events and conditions we are witness to incredible change, most ...
and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...
powerful man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started ...
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This paper contends this important character from Chinua Achebe's novel mirrors the impacts of colonization. There is one source ...
a failure, his life becomes dominated by fear that "he should be found to resemble his father" (Achebe 13). Repeatedly, Achebe sho...
Kaufman complained from the beginning that managers were not assigning performance ratings as Kaufman wanted them to. For three y...
has absolutely certainty in his own value and the value of his "modern" ideas. However, by rejecting older, more traditional appro...
of superstition that he is there to stamp out. He suggests that the villagers build a new path skirting the school grounds; he rem...
gotten his teaching certificate and then gone on to work for several years in education-at least enough to get noticed and promote...
is the result of the selective way in which African affairs have been reported in the West over a long period (Bacon). Since Afr...
equality that will arise between nations, will speed up the advances of...sciences" which has "led us to so many useful and import...
her lose face as well. Like her son, it is evident that she will not adapt any better than he was able to. In fact, given all the...
And yet, it is apparent that Okonkwo behaves in this manner because he is filled with a great deal of fear. Above all else, he fe...
that is a powerful tragedy, it is a truth that has happened throughout time, over and over, as one culture envelopes another. Okon...
of human achievement, both intellectually and morally. This attitude is inherent in Heart of Darkness when Conrad describes the id...
1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...