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Uniform- The uniform his father wears for his job is a symbol of his father’s dignity, as well as Gregor’s changing feelings of pity and respect for him. Throughout the story, his father is shown primarily from Gregor’s point of view. We gain from him a picture of his father as a lazy and miserable man whom Gregor feels sorry for but not necessarily respects. But when Gregor runs out of his and sees his father for the first time in weeks, Gregor’s opinion of the father changes. This shift is…

Chinua Achebe (pronounced Chee-noo-ah Ah-chay-bay) is regarded as by many critics and educationalists to be the most prominent African writer of his generation. Born in Eastern Nigeria, in Igbo town of Ogidi in 1930, he was a graduate of University College, Ibadan. His father, Isaiah Okafor Achebe was an evangelist for the Church Missionary Society and his mother Janet, also rehabilitated Christianity. During his childhood days, Achebe saw both sides of his family, on one hand there were various…

Okonkwo, the protagonist, was a very successful man. The Coat of Arms I made symbolizes his life in summary; the colors, symbols, and objects all stand for his goals, personality, and lifestyle. To begin, the red in the background symbolizes Okonkwo’s desire to serve the clan of Umuofia. When the majority of his clan converted to the new religion, he decided it was time to stand up for his clan. Okonkwo didn’t give in to the new religion that Mr. Brown brought and he believed that the new…

A Tragic Hero, as defined by Aristotle, is a character with a flaw that will eventually lead to his or her destruction. In Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” the main character Okonkwo deals with white Christian men coming into his community and changing everything he knows about life, just when he thinks things are coming back to normal, things fall apart. Throughout the book Okonkwo is considered a Tragic hero because of his importance in the community and also his because of his errors in…

Characterization; The main character in the book, except the boy is the father of course. He does at all costs to protect the boy, even killing another human being, since he believes that he is chosen by God to protect the boy. He is deeply suspicious and paranoid by other individuals and their intentions, unlike his son. He grows sicker, his sickness is shown thru his persistent cough, and his bloody spit. He dies at the end of the novel, next to a stream in a clearing in the woods.…

Unity is important within a community, especially when facing hardships. Publilius Syrus once said, “Where there is unity there is always victory.” It is wise to stay together and share a common opinion in a large group of people, however, that can be difficult to maintain for a long period of time. Change can alter the mindsets of certain individuals. By seeing different aspects of the world, people tend to find a sense of individuality. Many also start to form their own opinions that can…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is written in English so that Achebe can carry out the beliefs and experiences of his African culture. Even though the book, Things Fall Apart is written in English, Achebe used vocabulary that is spoken in his country to make the book more Africanized. Chinua Achebe’s first pronouncement stated, “Here then is an adequate revolution for me to espouse- to help my society regain belief in itself and put away the complexes of the years of denigration and…

In his novel, “Things Fall Apart”, Chinua Achebe includes a passage about a boy being led unknowingly to his death. In this passage, Achebe builds tension by using foreshadowing, as well as language and diction. He uses this tension to show how traumatic this event was, especially because of the terror of a child who felt betrayed by his family, because of another characters importance of self-image over family. Achebe first builds tension by the use of foreshadowing, in order to show the…

All individuals strive to be successful and achieve their goals. Imbolo Mbue’s novel Behold the Dreamers shows the lives of two different families, from very opposite worlds. The Jongas came from a poor small town in Cameroon. With little to no personal possessions or connections in America, the Jongas had to rebuild their lives from the beginning. On the opposite side of the spectrum were the Edwards, a wealthy family from the Upper East Side. The Edwards were living the American dream and…

“Farewell, good strato. Caesar now be still: I killed not thee with half so good a will” (5.5.78). “Julius Caesar” is a historic Roman story about the genius scheme Marcus Brutus conspires against Caesar. Brutus conspires to kill Julius Caesar and deals with the consequences in a rather brutal way. Brutus is the definition of a tragic hero and demonstrates the qualities a tragic hero needs. A tragic hero is a character that makes a decision that leads to their fate.The characters actions often…