A Study on the Author, Chinua Achebe

Throughout the course of the book Achebe frequently uses African worlds and phrases to describe and show the different aspect of Igbo culture. The familiarity in, which the narrative focuses on the African language creates a sense of authenticity to the writing. What is unique about the narrative tone found within the book is that not only does the author frequently insert the african language within the diction, but the way he translates or explains the words in plain english so the readers who are unfamiliar with the language can still follow, for example: “ ‘Agbala do-o-o-o! Umuachi! Agbala ekene unuo-o-ol’ It was just as Ekwefi had thought. The

The third reason Nwoye’s sense of identity was challenged with the introduction of Western ideas was because Through his journey, Nwoye shows how one can overcome struggles and come out ahead when confronted with change. The evidence is shown when It tells us “As soon as he had learned of Okonkwo's return five months earlier, the missionary had immediately paid him a visit. He had just sent Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, who was now called Isaac, to the new training college for teachers in Umuru.”(134) This evidence supports my claim because It tells us how Nwoye’s live has gotten better after he left.

Following Nwoye’s departure from Okonkwo’s Mbanta compound to become a Christian, Okonkwo sits in his hut and ponders the state of himself and the state of his son, where he has a temporary reminiscence of an old powerful nickname. Achebe tells us,

The big thing that Achebe utilizes is the use of major themes."Nwoye did not fully understand. But he was happy to leave his father." (Page 152) Nwoye decides that leaving his father is him growing up and finally having his life. In his eyes, he has become a man and he finally is free of his demanding, terrorizing father. "Okonkwo was very lucky in his daughters. He never stopped regreting that Ezinma was a girl." Throughout the book, Okonkwo makes sure the line between men and women is clear. He, like the rest in his culture believe that a woman is nothing compared to the males. There is a lot of gender inequality in the text. Even though he is proud of his daughter he would never dream of treating her as an equal or he would never leave her anything as he would with the his male sons. It's sad to hear that regretted his daughter.

Patrice Lumumba was born July 2nd, 1925, however his name at birth was not Patrice. Patrice was born Élias Okit'Asombo, but as he grew and moved from place to place, so did his name. While living in Stanleyville, he was called “Okanda doka” or the knowledge magician due to his passion for reading. When he moved to Onalua, he became to be known as Patrice Osungu. He choose the name “Osungu” because it represented the “the success of a powerful white man” which caused him to be teased by his friends. It is due to this, they nicknamed him “white man in rags.” Once he left Onalua, he dropped the name Osungu and began using Patrice Emery Lumumba. He chose the name

The missionaries came and told people, like women whose twins were left to die in the forest, that they don't have to kill their children the next time they have twins if they join them and their religion. This made many people think that they took the evil people out of the tribe but in fact they were gaining power by getting a lot of people to follow them. For example, there was a girl named Nneka who had, several times, given birth to twins who were thrown away. Achebe says, Nneka had had four previous pregnancies and childbirths. But each time she had borne twins, and they had been immediately thrown away. Her husband and his family were already becoming highly critical of such a woman and were not unduly perturbed when they found out she had fled to join the Christians. It was a good riddance. This shows us the Achebe understands and is not surprised when the women fled with Christians. We can see that because when he says that her family was not "unduly perturbed when they found out she had left", this tells us that he didn't really care about the people who left. He understood why they left but as he said it was a "good riddance". As we see, it is highly

LIttle did he know he was going to be famous one day. He was born during the Nigerian Civil War, and had seven siblings he was the sixth oldest child. His mom was a seamstress and his dad was a civil mining engineer. They designed mines and open underground things. He lived in a dangerous little village and was not outside a lot because of gangs. His lifelong dream as a kid was to be an airline pilot. He didn’t even think of neuropathology. That is the study of diseases in the brain. His first year of schooling was the fall of 1971 which means Omalu was 3. He would then go on to many more

The Nigerian drummer, Babatunde Olatunji, brought the traditions of African drumming to America while studying in New York, but it all started in Ajido, Nigeria where he was born. Babatunde Olatunji was born on April 7, 1927 in Ajido Nigeria. He was born in the family of the Yoruba Tribe, which was one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups. As a teen, Olatunji moved to Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, in order to attend school where he received the Rotary International Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship was given by the United States in 1950 where Olatunji decided to leave home for Atlanta, Georgia. Although he had gone to Atlanta to study political science, his interest in music continued to soar (Musician Guide). In 1954, Olatunji graduated

Achebe includes many literary devices like personifications, hyperboles, and imagery. He writes with liveness reminiscing the old times as “the sun rose slowly to the center of the sky, and the dry, sandy footway began to throw up the heat that lay buried in it”(Achebe). He creates this tone in his writing by describing his experiences, like sudden flashbacks. This causes the readers sympathetic and more open to looking through the African native perspective. This conveys a message to foreigners that there is more to Africa than land and natural resources. It has divine culture and ancient civilizations.

Achebe also illustrates the Ibo judiciary and political system throughout the entire story. Similar to those in other cultures, the Ibo people had a very structured social order. In the beginning of the story on page 18, Achebe describes Nwakibie’s status in the Ibo village by stating he, “…had taken the highest but

Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. He is mainly known for his trilogy that investigates, using fiction, the history of Nigeria. The trilogy begins with Things Fall Apart, followed by No Longer at Ease and ended with Arrow of God. Furthermore, in this critically analytical essay, through a feminist perspective, a chapter of his second novel, No Longer at Ease, published in 1960, will be discussed. The setting of the novel is Lagos, Nigeria and Umuofia, Nigeria during the 1950s, before Nigeria attained independence from Great Britain. The novel, No Longer at Ease begins with Obi Okonkwo on trial, charged for accepting a bribe. However, using flashback, the author takes us back to the point before Obi’s departure

In this case, Achebe was an African American and dug deep into the cultural of his people to really rely on his research for this book. In order to really learn from a historical fiction like this one, I believe it does benefit the reader to know that every fact in a book like this one has a meaning to it and actually happens where this book takes place at. I’ve learned that having different and separate view amongst people does not make on side right and one side wrong but clarifies the fact to many that we are a multi-cultural world and there is always more to learn. The clash of cultures is so fierce that when driven to fight for your beliefs many choose a side that they were not originally with and I believe that this is what tears down a culture from the inside

Okonkwo, the main character of Achebe’s novel, is driven by a need to prove to himself and his village that he is better then his father, who was

Achebe’s image of the African people is depicted extensively in his novel. Achebe gives us a look at life in an African village and what it was like during African colonialism. Tribal life in Nigeria is told from an inside perspective through the life story of a man, Okonkwo.

First, Achebe was born in the Ogidi eastern part of Nigeria. He was born thirty years before Nigeria got her independence from the British government on November 16th, 1930. A day marked historically in African calendar. He was raised in the Christian faith, even though Christianity as a religion was somewhat new in the community. Achebe, as a kid was interested in the local religions of the community as those, seem appealing to him through his friends. He participated in some of the traditional religion activities such as festivals and parades. Achebe in high school was exposed to the writings of several authors, most English writers probably due to the colonization of