Peyton Nunes
Mrs. Warwick
Language Art 8-7
13 March 2015
Was Living in Africa enough to be accurate on the culture? “Forget your robots and traffic, your crime and drugs. This is Resthaven, the heart of Africa.” (100) The Gatekeeper says this as Tendai, Rita, and Kuda enter the Resthaven gates which is an independent country that follows traditions of the African culture. Nancy Farmer, who did live in Africa before she wrote the science fiction novel The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm. General Matsika’s three children are captured by the horrific She Elephant, from there the children, Tendai, Rita, and Kuda, escape and get and discover many more bumps in the road on their way home. Farmer educates readers about accurate and non-accurate African …show more content…
‘“Twins are evil,” came the thin voice of the Spirit medium. They are against Mwari’s order.”’ This proves that the African culture does believe in this myth, in the book, but in the real life culture in Africa, they believe twins can bring fortune or misfortune. Farmer makes the culture seem more brutal than the myth actually is.
The tradition of bark clothing is part of the African culture in The ear, the eye, and the arm and actual Africa. “She was wrapped in a rough bark cloth and wore no shoes.” These are the cloths the people in Resthaven wore as African tradition. People in Africa actually do wear clothes made from bark. “The best known regions for bark cloth production are Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, and Malawi.” Farmer was correct of the tradition of bark clothing in Africa.
Modern day culture in Africa always suspects everyone as witches, as they also do in Resthaven. In Resthaven, the spirit mediums are always on the outlook for witches. They believe they could be anyone, at any time. If you don’t do something like the others then you are put up for a witch trial. “In south America, it was consistent with the approach taken by colonial administrators across Africa, and modeled on an Anti-witchcraft law.” This is a modern day written out rule in Africa and this also states they still do believe in witchcraft. Both Rest haven and modern day Africa seem to be similar in belief and the ways of dealing with
Mrs. Warwick
Language Art 8-7
13 March 2015
Was Living in Africa enough to be accurate on the culture? “Forget your robots and traffic, your crime and drugs. This is Resthaven, the heart of Africa.” (100) The Gatekeeper says this as Tendai, Rita, and Kuda enter the Resthaven gates which is an independent country that follows traditions of the African culture. Nancy Farmer, who did live in Africa before she wrote the science fiction novel The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm. General Matsika’s three children are captured by the horrific She Elephant, from there the children, Tendai, Rita, and Kuda, escape and get and discover many more bumps in the road on their way home. Farmer educates readers about accurate and non-accurate African …show more content…
‘“Twins are evil,” came the thin voice of the Spirit medium. They are against Mwari’s order.”’ This proves that the African culture does believe in this myth, in the book, but in the real life culture in Africa, they believe twins can bring fortune or misfortune. Farmer makes the culture seem more brutal than the myth actually is.
The tradition of bark clothing is part of the African culture in The ear, the eye, and the arm and actual Africa. “She was wrapped in a rough bark cloth and wore no shoes.” These are the cloths the people in Resthaven wore as African tradition. People in Africa actually do wear clothes made from bark. “The best known regions for bark cloth production are Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, and Malawi.” Farmer was correct of the tradition of bark clothing in Africa.
Modern day culture in Africa always suspects everyone as witches, as they also do in Resthaven. In Resthaven, the spirit mediums are always on the outlook for witches. They believe they could be anyone, at any time. If you don’t do something like the others then you are put up for a witch trial. “In south America, it was consistent with the approach taken by colonial administrators across Africa, and modeled on an Anti-witchcraft law.” This is a modern day written out rule in Africa and this also states they still do believe in witchcraft. Both Rest haven and modern day Africa seem to be similar in belief and the ways of dealing with