Fall of Saigon

In the book All Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe which tells the story of African tribes being colonized by white settlers and missionaries. Showing the point of view from the African perspective instead of the white settler perspective. The movie Lagaan directed by Ashutosh Gowariker telling a story about an Indian tribe fighting against the British for what is right, no Lagaan. Also the movie Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce where 3 sisters are taken from their mother and home…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe he foreshadows the thoughts of how women are used to and are seen in a different perspective. Okonkwo being the protagonist of the novel he appears to have three wives and eight children. Okonkwo in other terms is a loving and kind person, but he also seems to have another side to himself from his past experiences with his father Unoka and from his present experiences with his new life as him being a powerful man with a title. Okonkwo can also be a harsh…

Author’s Bio Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian author and educator that published the groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe in the Ibo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria in 1930. He attended a local mission school, later attending a secondary school in Umuahia. His environment as a child is shown in the exposition of the novel Things Fall Apart. He grew up when the Europeans were settling in Nigeria at the time, “Achebe grew up balanced between the two…

tree without roots.” (BrainyQuote.com.) In history, especially during colonization, foreign powers have attempted practices to eradicate the culture and traditions of Native and African people. In the novels Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the protagonists Saul and Okonkwo are forced to integrate into the Caucasian culture, having their own cultures taken away from them. Being unable to adapt to the changes – like the adjustment of religion and language –…

they like or dislike, what they do, and how their actions affect others. Many people like to believe the best of themselves, but really their perceptions are skewed due to their point of view. Okonkwo, a character from Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, thinks highly of himself as a man, but in reality his actions contradict many things that he stands for. Okonkwo is very concerned about his appearance, and others’ perceptions of him. For example, it is narrated, “When Unoka died he had…

Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart shows the apparent ways that Joseph Conrad and Chinua Achebe differ in ways of presenting Africa in the colonization era. Conrad and Achebe books shows the difference between an Afrocentric and Eurocentric viewpoint. Joseph Conrad’s depictions of the Africans as savages an in a very racist undertone causes Chinua Achebe to write Things Fall Apart through the viewpoint of the natives of different tribes to show Africans, not as uncivilized savages, but as…

Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart is a story of the struggle to adapt to societal views whether on a small or wide scale. This novel follows the story of a man by the name Okonkwo, a character from the Umuofia villages of Africa in the 1890’s. Okonkwo was from a very spiritual tribe that set their expectations high for their leaders. Unlike his father who was under massive debt and was believed to be too feminine, Okonkwo is looked up to in his village as a strong and reliable source. This…

In 1860 Mazzini wrote The duties of a man in which he described what he thought was required of people in order to have a successful nation. After reading the book things fall apart, which is about a man named Okonkwo who is part of an African tribe called the Umuofia; the question arose as to if the people described in this book portray the kind of unity and responsibility Mazzini claims is required for a nation. Based on many situations in the book it was clear that there was enough evidence…

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe has its place as one of the strongest examples of Gothic Fiction in the literary world to date, and is therefore a spectacular candidate for close analysis. The most particular and interesting part of the odd short story is its style; more specifically how it’s style emphasises the allegorical nature of the work. Among the more unusual devices that Poe uses to deliver his message is the language and sentence structure within the text, which not…

“Maybe our mistakes are what makes our fate.” -Carrie Bradshaw. Throughout reading The Crucible, flaws within each character, and the actions they made based upon those inner flaws, eventually lead to their “downfall”. John Proctor was a highly respected man in the community of Salem, as well as by himself. John Proctor presented himself in the guise of a happy and put together man, hiding his imperfections and weaknesses from the rest of the community at all costs. By the end of the play, John…