I.E: Dmitri Gurov’s embrace of the world’s “utter indifference to the life and death of each of us” is validated Ivan Illych’s suffering. Illych dies of something very trivial, falling off a stepladder and hitting a window frame on his side; his extreme suffering and death is a reminder of inescapable mortality. Gurov’s view comes from a very different place compared to Illych’s. Though Illych suffers a great deal of pain before his death, he also partakes in a deep human interaction with his helper, Gerasim. This encounter makes Illych realize how he has missed these meaningful connections with other people in his life, and how wasted his past actions were. As Illych’s illness progresses, he relflects how “impossible to him, that he had not
…show more content…
For example, Cell One was published in 2007, while Things Fall Apart was published in 1957, focusing the beginnings of colonization in Nigeria. These time differences majorly affect the culture of the people in both narratives, and how they see foreign influence. In Adichie’s story, the characters live in an urban college town, where there are cars, electricity, and other modern advancements, unlike the setting of Okonkwo’s village. In Things Fall Apart, there are only rumors of “white people” because the people of these settings are disconnected from other parts of the world. In Cell One, the younger generation of the town is immersed in Western culture, which eventually leads to extreme violence. This displays how very different Western culture in Nigeria is showcased in both narratives, with Achebe’s characters being extremely alien to it, and Adichie’s characters being familiarized. Achebe wanted to focus on an audience that was ignorant of how Nigerian culture truly was when European nations started take control of these Ibo societies, since it had only been interpreted and written by Western authors. On the other hand, Adichie is trying to display Nigerian culture in a more modern time, and show that Nigerians do not necessarily live in poverty because they are from Africa. Adichie wants to educate her audience on how things in her culture really are, and how Western interpretations of Africa can skew the reality of
For example, Cell One was published in 2007, while Things Fall Apart was published in 1957, focusing the beginnings of colonization in Nigeria. These time differences majorly affect the culture of the people in both narratives, and how they see foreign influence. In Adichie’s story, the characters live in an urban college town, where there are cars, electricity, and other modern advancements, unlike the setting of Okonkwo’s village. In Things Fall Apart, there are only rumors of “white people” because the people of these settings are disconnected from other parts of the world. In Cell One, the younger generation of the town is immersed in Western culture, which eventually leads to extreme violence. This displays how very different Western culture in Nigeria is showcased in both narratives, with Achebe’s characters being extremely alien to it, and Adichie’s characters being familiarized. Achebe wanted to focus on an audience that was ignorant of how Nigerian culture truly was when European nations started take control of these Ibo societies, since it had only been interpreted and written by Western authors. On the other hand, Adichie is trying to display Nigerian culture in a more modern time, and show that Nigerians do not necessarily live in poverty because they are from Africa. Adichie wants to educate her audience on how things in her culture really are, and how Western interpretations of Africa can skew the reality of