Madison DuBois
Dr.Sim
World Civilizations
0ctober 18th, 2016
The Half of The Yellow Sun was written by Chimanmanda Adichie. The book was based in Nigeria, the author of the book was born there. This book gives the illustration of the Biafra War. It tells the story of two sisters, Olanna and Kainene during the war. There are many themes that are shown within the relationships of multiple people. The readers read through many sufferings, losses, and horrible struggles in the novel. This allows the readers to get on a personal relationship with the time in Nigerian history. When reading threw the novel there are many remarkable details about Nigera. The novel is all about politics and relationships, which all occurs within the main characters. …show more content…
When you read more of the novel there are two major themes. The two major themes are Colonialism, and love and portrayal.” The colonialism was occurring because of the British rule” (Samanta, Lecture). One of the main characters Odenigbo helped portray this theme. In the novel, there was a quote that showed colonialism “I am Nigerian because a white man created Nigeria and gave me that identity. I am black because the white man constructed black to be as different as possible from white. But I was Igbo before the white man came” (Adichie,25). The character Igbo said this because he came into terms of white domination. They were dominating because they believed blacks where not equal to them. We see the theme portrayal when Odenigbo betrays Olanna. Odenigbo ends up sleeping with Amala, which was the mom’s helper. Then down the road Richard ends up betraying Kainene by sleeping with Olanna, her twin sister. These affairs cause heartbreak, and then the heartbreak leads to forgiveness. This quote shows the feeling of portrayal Odenghos wife felt “Her mother held a glass of tonic water. She was crying. While telling Olanna about her father’s mistress” (Adichie, 271). Another example are the twins, Olanna and Kainene. They started off being very close and then grew apart. They grew apart because Olanna ended up sleeping with Richard, which was the boy Kainene was with. At the end of the novel we see the transformation of the …show more content…
Out of all the characters Kainene Ozobia was the character that appealed to me. Kainene had a twin sister in the novel, and her twin sister was the “pretty” twin. When Kaninene was growing up she would get jealous of her sister. When she got older she decided to strive in her own way, which is why she appealed to me. Kaninene during the war runs a refugee camp, which I loved that about her. She decided to do good and that was shown threw the refugee camp. Threw out the novel we learn that she studied in London at a British secondary school. That is when the readers learn she is very well off smart women. When she returns from school she takes over her father’s business. I liked that about her because that showed how independent and intelligent she was. There were three narrators threw out the whole book. The narrator that I connected most with was Ugwu. He was a very strong character because we see him go through all his phases of life. He grew up in a village and then moves so he can work as a houseboy for Odengibos household. Threw out that time he is encouraged to become more educated and go to school. In the middle of the novel he is forced to go fight for the Biafrain Army. While he is there we picture his life changing from becoming a boy to a man. He suffers with having to see the horrible violence that is around him such as- rape, killing, and murder. I liked him as a narrator
Dr.Sim
World Civilizations
0ctober 18th, 2016
The Half of The Yellow Sun was written by Chimanmanda Adichie. The book was based in Nigeria, the author of the book was born there. This book gives the illustration of the Biafra War. It tells the story of two sisters, Olanna and Kainene during the war. There are many themes that are shown within the relationships of multiple people. The readers read through many sufferings, losses, and horrible struggles in the novel. This allows the readers to get on a personal relationship with the time in Nigerian history. When reading threw the novel there are many remarkable details about Nigera. The novel is all about politics and relationships, which all occurs within the main characters. …show more content…
When you read more of the novel there are two major themes. The two major themes are Colonialism, and love and portrayal.” The colonialism was occurring because of the British rule” (Samanta, Lecture). One of the main characters Odenigbo helped portray this theme. In the novel, there was a quote that showed colonialism “I am Nigerian because a white man created Nigeria and gave me that identity. I am black because the white man constructed black to be as different as possible from white. But I was Igbo before the white man came” (Adichie,25). The character Igbo said this because he came into terms of white domination. They were dominating because they believed blacks where not equal to them. We see the theme portrayal when Odenigbo betrays Olanna. Odenigbo ends up sleeping with Amala, which was the mom’s helper. Then down the road Richard ends up betraying Kainene by sleeping with Olanna, her twin sister. These affairs cause heartbreak, and then the heartbreak leads to forgiveness. This quote shows the feeling of portrayal Odenghos wife felt “Her mother held a glass of tonic water. She was crying. While telling Olanna about her father’s mistress” (Adichie, 271). Another example are the twins, Olanna and Kainene. They started off being very close and then grew apart. They grew apart because Olanna ended up sleeping with Richard, which was the boy Kainene was with. At the end of the novel we see the transformation of the …show more content…
Out of all the characters Kainene Ozobia was the character that appealed to me. Kainene had a twin sister in the novel, and her twin sister was the “pretty” twin. When Kaninene was growing up she would get jealous of her sister. When she got older she decided to strive in her own way, which is why she appealed to me. Kaninene during the war runs a refugee camp, which I loved that about her. She decided to do good and that was shown threw the refugee camp. Threw out the novel we learn that she studied in London at a British secondary school. That is when the readers learn she is very well off smart women. When she returns from school she takes over her father’s business. I liked that about her because that showed how independent and intelligent she was. There were three narrators threw out the whole book. The narrator that I connected most with was Ugwu. He was a very strong character because we see him go through all his phases of life. He grew up in a village and then moves so he can work as a houseboy for Odengibos household. Threw out that time he is encouraged to become more educated and go to school. In the middle of the novel he is forced to go fight for the Biafrain Army. While he is there we picture his life changing from becoming a boy to a man. He suffers with having to see the horrible violence that is around him such as- rape, killing, and murder. I liked him as a narrator