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Cultural surroundings have a great affect on characters, and even shape their moral traits. In Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe the main character Okonkwo is deep set in his Ibo cultural beliefs, which has a large effect on his moral traits; this can be seen in his actions towards his family, his kinsmen, and the white christian missionaries. Thus illuminating the theme of cultural surroundings affect one’s moral traits. Okonkwo’s harsh actions towards his family helps to show how his…

On January 1, 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate. Nigerians believed that their country could strive better through their independence. They believed that their country potential in becoming powerful if there was no foreign country holding them down. They believed that demanding their independence and their separation from the ruling of the British was the best thing, along with and enforcing rulings and ideologies of their own. Nigerians wanted to have their own form of import and…

The author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks about people having their ideas about people formed around a single story, and shows this in her story “The Thing Around your Neck”. A short story about a young immigrant coming to America after hearing only one story of Americans. In the very beginning she makes it clear that she has a very specific idea of what Americans will be, “You thought everybody in America had a car and a gun…” (Adichie 115). She has had the idea of all Americans being wealthy…

Throughout the course of Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, we follow the completely different lives of Kambili and Amaka. Kambili grows up in an extremely wealthy and powerful family, but she is abused by her father. Then there is Amaka, who grows up under the wing of her empowering and loving mother, but her family is extremely poor. Amaka’s mother, Aunty Ifeoma, insists that Kambili and her brother visit her in Nsukka when she realizes the severity of Kambili’s abuse. When the two cousins…

In the novel "Things Fall Apart", Achebe expresses how the new colonizing community effectively suppressed the indigenous tribes in Africa through merciless and uncompromising methods. The oppression of the Ibo tribes did not consist of an immediate takeover, but was instead implemented through a subtle reworking of Ibo values. The colonizers began by introducing a counterculture and refusing to acknowledge Ibo beliefs. While initially creating a façade of peaceful missionary work, the…

In the novel “Things Fall Apart” the Igbo traditions are highly questionable as they prioritizes specific things and makes certain groups, especially those of a different gender, seem less powerful. One positive role the Igbo traditions enforces is of rewarding the hard and dedicated workers a higher and respected title. I think that one way the villagers were influenced by this tradition was that it focuses on one's achievements rather than family background. “Age was respected amongst the…

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Okonkwo, Unoka, Obierika, Nwoye, and Enzima are five characters that are brought to life by Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, that show us more than just a story. They show us what it is like to live as part of the tribe and their daily activities. Through their daily activities in the story, Achebe shows us the similarities and differences in certain characters, creating character foils using a set of two characters. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s foils, Unoka and…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writer of “The Danger of a Single Story”, grew up in Nigeria. Her parents were educators at a local university, and helped her to learn to absolutely love reading. However, the stories never depicted anyone that looked as she did. The characters only represented people that were white, blue eyed and ate apples. As she grew up she realized that -more often than not- only one side of a story is displayed. A young boy who worked for her family and lived in poverty was the…

The TEDtalk video of Chimamanda Adichie’s, “The Danger of a single story” deals with how the spread of havoc stories about a culture, or personal experiences that leave only the negative aspects having people believe them. Adichie explains from these single stories we overhear develops stereotypes that give us an idea about a person or heritage we may not even fully comprehend. She tells about her Nigerian childhood when she started reading at the age of four and the books were British and…