Igbo people

The article “Balancing two worlds” is the story of Derek, a Chinese Canadian, who explores his sexuality and also questions the idea of masculinity especially within his cultural group. In this article Derek struggles expressing him self to his own father, he is not able to disclose any personal thoughts nor is he able to share any true hopes, fears or aspirations. Derek and his sister both struggle with this, but Derek in some ways understands that much of his fathers faults are due to his own…

Questions about Irony The two most prominent examples of irony in Things Fall Apart are the District Commissioner’s novel, and the death of Okonkwo. After the entirety of the novel, the description of a whole world and culture with copious amounts of people, after the gigantic critical tragedy of Okonkwo, the District Commissioner decides to write a book. He ponders of giving this great man, powerful leader, a replete life, a single paragraph in his novel, “The Pacification of the Primitive…

The white people were one of the main outside forces. While the village was having a meeting messengers came “The white man whose power you know too well has ordered this meeting to stop.” if the have as much power that they can tell them what meetings the village…

mediocre regarding wives and amount of yams, He feels that the futher his life differed from his father 's, the less fearful he would be. This hunger for authority relates to the African culture in the sense that the more authority one has over his people, the more sucessful,he will be and the more one he will be with his chi. Okonkwo has a similar dislike for Nwoye as he did he father for the fear of him recieving the same reputation as Unoka and futhering his ongoing fear of his life relating…

When a culture full of not only ties to the Earth and the past, but also strong bonds between people, what force could possibly tear that culture apart? Chinua Achebe, in his novel Things Fall Apart, answers this question by bringing Christianity into the Ibo tribe in Africa, and shows the reader the changes and disruptions that occur. Achebe teaches the reader many lessons throughout the story of the Ibo tribe’s destruction from the infiltration of British Christianity. His lessons, however,…

society, causing a cultural collision. The cultural collision has positive and negative aspects. For instance, it brings education and advance technology, but it also brings violence and destruction to the Ibo culture. Some people accept the new culture, whereas, some people completely repudiate the new presence in their society. Ultimately, the response of the individual…

When comparing the etiological myths of early Middle Eastern cultures, myriad similarities arise. Due to their close proximity, a great deal of cultural exchange happened between the Sumerians, who inhabited the area that is now Iraq, and the Hebrew people of Israel, allowing a great deal of cross-cultural contamination to occur. Said contamination can be seen in the cultures’ shared myth about a world flood. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest existing Sumerian text, the gods are angered by…

The actions of the protagonist in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, has sparked many debates on whether he is a hero or a coward. Okonkwo has several conflicting personality traits which contribute to the confusion in distinguishing hero from coward. Okonkwo is highly regarded in his home village of Umofia, however he makes many mistakes which hurt his reputation and contribute to his downfall. While Okonkwo has strengths which make him a respected member of his community, he also…

Malcolm Gladwell told the story of David the poor little shepherd boy who battle with Goliath the giant that everyone fear but it took the courage of a poor shepherd to bring him down. Just like David we all have to over come fear. Fear come in many forms, fear is a part of our lives,fear is a part of who we are.my fear came to me in many forms, fear to fail never wanting to be less than anyone, my fear of not being able to care for my family, these are fears that we all share,the fear that I…

Saint Thomas A. Becket was born on December 21st of 1118 in London to a prosperous London merchant. Growing up fast and receiving a good education it was no surprise when he became an agent to Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, who sent him on several missions in Rome. His outstanding excellence was soon noticed by Henry the Second who after seeing his great efforts made him his chancellor and the two quickly became close friends. After Theobald’s death, Henry gave Becket his job making him…