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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is about one man’s struggle with his ambition within his Igbo culture. The protagonist, Okonkwo, strives in becoming an accomplished man and respected leader in his tribe. Aside from the central plot, Things Fall Apart includes a collection of scenarios and concepts that people experience in today’s day and age, such as reaching one’s true potential, cultural traditions, and intertwining relations. Specifically, the narrative provides several illustrations of…

Introduction: Business was started by Shell in Nigeria in 1937 as Shell darcy and was given a license of exploration .Olioberi was the first commercial oil field discovered in the Niger Delta. Prior to discovery of oil, Nigeria depended on agricultural exports to other countries. The largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria is Shell Petroleum Development Company, which operates over 6000 kms. The villages’ individuals surrounding facilities of oil production occasionally drill holes into pipelines…

The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group that has lived in Myanmar for centuries. Today, more than a million of Rohingya people are living in Myanmar, mostly in the western coastal state of Rakhine. They use their own language, and they have their own culture. However, Rohingya people claim that they have a long historical connection to Rakhine State. There are many conflicts and clashes between the Rohingya and the government, as well as some other ethnic groups in Rakhine. When Myanmar…

During the 1900’s Europeans had started to colonize Africa and Achebe was there to witness the colonization. Uneducated People would say that culture was brought by Europeans so Achebe decided to write a book called Things Fall Apart and, in this he would show colonization in the prospective of the Igbo people. In the book Things Fall Apart in his book he wanted people to understand that culture was not brought to Africa by the Europeans. Africa had more than enough culture with a lot of…

In the novel, Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo, the protagonist, is a man everyone wants to be. He is the greatest wrestler in all nine villages, proficient yam farmer, and proudly married three wives. Everything was working out for him since his goal was just not to become a man similar to his father, a person who was weak, lazy, and poor. At the end, he could not handle all the power he had and exploded. Okonkwo’s ego and self-importance overpowers his nobility to the…

Fear enables a person to control another. In George Orwell’s 1984, fear of Big Brother enabled the control of the masses of Inner and Outer Party members. Tom Parsons, a member of the Outer Party and employee at the Ministry of Truth was no exception. Tom was an active community member and leader. He helped organize many community events and was a loyal supporter of Big Brother. Tom Parsons was not just a devout supporter of Big Brother however, he was terrified of Big Brother. Parsons was…

In the minds of the Europeans, sending out missionaries to spread Christianity and the word God was a positive. However, it caused untold havoc on the tribes and people they tried to convert. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, gives us a look at the impact missionaries had on the people they affected. Okonkwo, the main character of Things Fall Apart, we see is impacted by the cultural collision of the Ibo society and the Christian missionaries. Okonkwo strives to appear masculine and…

Introdution About Book The fictional novel, that is, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali was first published as Longman Africa Classic 1986 and subsequently as Longman Africa Writers 1994. This version of the story was recorded in 1960 by D.T. Niane, who documented and translated the words of a griot, Mamadou Kouyaté, into French. While it follows the basic structure of the tale as most often presented, it should be remembered that as an oral tradition and a result of a translation. This story is one…

Okonkwo is a man whom throughout his entire life has strived for strength and to farther himself and those around him from things he perceives to be weak. This stems from a lifelong ambition to build his life from the ground up and become an important member of the clan, as his father Unoka was an unsuccessful farmer and seen a lowly man. Okonkwo’s greatest fear however is weakness, as described on p. 11. Okonkwo is sentenced to 7 years in exile to his motherland of Mbanta for accidentally…

The Igbo tribe are people living in southeastern Nigeria. Just like any other tribe, they have their own culture. Parts of the Igbo tribe’s culture consists of their religion, gender roles, and housing conditions. As part of their religion, the Igbo people believe in many different Gods and spirits. Their religion “includes belief in a creator god (Chukwu), an earth goddess (Ala), and numerous other deities and spirits as well as a belief in ancestors who protect their living descendants” ("Igbo…