Chocolat Analysis

Things Fall Apart follows the events in the life of the main character, Okonkwo. Additionally, the book follows mini-storylines of other characters, such as Obierika. A family is very large in Ibo society because a man typically has more than one wife and children with each wife. Okonkwo has many children, but his oldest son, Nwoye, was crucial in the development of ideas in the novel. Nwoye did not conform to Okonkwo’s ideals, therefore, Nwoye felt out of place in his family. The missionaries aimed to convert people who were outcasts or out of place in the village, to give them a sense of belonging. When the Christian missionaries came to the Okonkwo’s village of Umuofia, the primary people converting were outcasts. This is explicitly said when the Achebe remarks, “None of his converts was a man whose word was heeded in the assembly of the people” (Achebe 143). The detrimental effects of Christian acculturation on the Ibo people are shown in both Achebe’s novel and Adichie’s story, but however, the contrasts are that Achebe concentrates on the methods used whilst Adichie directs attention to the lasting

Novels and plays often depict characters caught between colliding cultures-national, regional, ethnic, religious, institutional. Such collisions can call a character’s sense of identity into question. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there is a cultural collision that takes the form of the missionaries coming to Umuofia and forcing their religion upon the people. Different people react differently to this clash of cultures, ranging from simply conforming to going as far as killing somebody.

Things Fall Apart is an English novel by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe which was published in 1957. Throughout the book the role of customs and traditions is very important and decides the fate of men, women, and children. Some of the customs practiced in this culture would certainly be frowned upon in the West yet are perfectly

Already falling apart due to the disparity of values such as action for power and justice, the tidal wave of foreign religion exposes the community’s battle between violence and peace. When faced with newcomers, the community answers with peace, planning to stay inactive and ostracize the Christians. On the other hand, Okonkwo immediately responds by crying out for war and turning to violence as a safehaven, saying “until the abominable gang was chased out of the village with whips there would be no peace”(139). The direct pairing of violence and peace stresses the imbalance of the community and the negative effect of individual values on the well being of Umuofia. Yet another crack begins to form in the cultural roots of Umuofia as Okonkwo takes action against the Christians while the others remain inactive and resort to

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe are two novels that revolve around the struggle of adapting to traditions. Both novels take place in areas where tradition is fundamental. Therefore, the characters act different than those around them and are unable to adjust to their traditional lifestyles. . The two main characters in both books, Tita and Okonkwo, find it hard to live up to their own traditions, and fail to adapt to them as they go against their people.

Based off the novel with the same name by Laura Esquivel, the film Like Water for Chocolate cleverly uses food in order to not only help viewers get to know its characters but also to convey their feelings for one another. The film follows the De La Garza family living in their ranch in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and centers around Tita, one of the three daughters in the family who falls madly in love with a young man named Pedro. Continuing an old family tradition that states the youngest daughter must stay home and take of the mother until she dies, Tita’s mother Elena forbids her from marrying him when he comes to ask for Tita’s hand. Elena convinces Pedro to instead marry Tita’s oldest sister Rosaura. It isn’t until later that Pedro reveals to Tita the real reason he chose to marry her sister was so he could remain close to her. The rest of the film shows how Tita deals with the painful reality of having her love become her brother-in-law and how these two fight to stay in one another’s life.

Things Fall Apart and Chocolat share many similarities such as both works showing that actions carry consequences when characters attempt to respond to changes in their surroundings. For instance, both Things Fall Apart and Chocolat feature scenes where characters receive punishment for interacting with outsiders different from the majority of the population. In Things Fall Apart , many villagers convert from the Igbo religion to Christianity, a new religion that has recently arrived

In things fall apart the characters go through the struggle of self finding and colonization in their homeland. One of our main protagonists Nwoye handles this situation a little bit better than most .The novel “Things Fall apart” the Ibo community is experiencing European colonization which causes a major downfall in the clan and leads to new experiences some good some bad.Culture collision is where two or more groups of people who believe in different religions began to have conflict with one another due to their different beliefs.In the novel Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe conveys that when met with a culture collision you must choose your own faith and decide what is best for you through the development of a character’s shift in identity.

   The burden and calling to reach out and help others, enfold many people in society throughout the world. Rich or poor, young or old, black, red or white, the motive is helping those with a need. As Chinua Achebe points out in his book, Things Fall Apart, though there is the aspiration to lend a hand, it can sometimes become deadly, and even fatal to the lives of people. Although the missionaries try help convert the Ibo village of Umuofia to Christianity, their presence in Africa is harmful to the lives and culture of the Ibo.

After reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris, I realized how often we let our inhibitions control us. The novel frequently talks of giving into desires and impulses and the void that can be caused by continuous ascetical behavior: “To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think…This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact” (Harris 16). Constantly being close to temptations and never giving in can be maddening. It can be torturous. It is most definitely not healthy. Père Reynaud, the town priest, displayed the dangers of sustained impediment: violent disintegration into uncontrolled desire. One consequence of his ever-present discipline and restraint was conveyed by his actions when he attempted to destroy Vianne Rocher’s chocolate festival; after abstaining from chocolate since he was a child, he decided to try just one. One turned into many, quickly transforming from a sample into an unhealthy binge. His actions led to feelings of shame and regret, emphasizing the dangers of overly controlled desires. This recurrence of tensions between control and freedom reminds me of Footloose. Like Chocolat, Footloose is about abandoning inhibitions and being true to oneself, with a religious leader as the antagonist and a newcomer with different ideals as the

The fact that these missionaries have started to really make an impact was unprecedented by the Ibo people; their continuous misunderstandings of one another contribute to make this situation frustrating to both the Ibo clansmen and the Christians that view their religion as superior. Okonkwo returns back to his home village of Umuofia after his exile to Mbanta, and he arrives to see missionaries have overtaken the village, created a government, and many Umuofians have joined the church. As Okonkwo and his friend Obierika are talking, Obierika says of the missionaries and their impact, “He says that our customs are bad; and our own brothers who have taken up his religion also say that our customs are bad. How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us?...He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (176). The white men and missionaries have been successful in coming in and gaining power. They believe the customs to be “bad”, showing their disregard of Ibo culture, and how their motives for infiltrating Ibo life is based off of selfish ideas- only to gain more followers to their religion. Furthermore, by actually being successful in drawing Umuofians into their religion, they have turned

When worlds collide, a clear contrast is created between the two. In the novel Things Fall Apart, written by renowned author Chinua Achebe, the clear differences between the lifestyles of the Christian missionaries and the clansmen and women is demonstrated. Throughout the novel, Achebe illustrates these differences in order to bring light to the ways of the clan so that those who are reading can understand them better.

Secondly, the Christians unite the converts, but this unity does not prevent the new converts from demeaning others because of their religion or beliefs. When Mr. Kiaga, the missionaries’ interpreter, persuades the converts to accept the osu, or those who are cast out of the clan, Achebe writes, “‘Before God,’ he [Mr. Kiaga] said, ‘there is no slave or free. We are all children of God and we must receive these our brothers’”(136). The people are guided by Mr. Kiaga’s words as he teaches that they are all children of God and are, therefore, equal. One might think that converts would subsequently show the other religion in Umuofia an equal amount of respect as before, but they do not. While the church is still new to the village and does not perish in Evil Forest, Achebe says, “Three converts had gone into the village and

William James, a famous American philosopher, once stated, “The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives”. This quotation effectively illustrates how change in one’s attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs can alter the environment in which one lives. This concept is clearly demonstrated throughout the novel Things Fall Apart, authored by Chinua Achebe, by establishing a connection through the development of its characters and the change in traditional African tribal villages seen in the Nineteenth Century. It will be established how various characters demonstrated by the author throughout the novel exemplify how change

“Dark, earthy, natural, intense.” These four words can be used to describe almost any aspect of Pana Chocolate’s range of raw, organic, handmade chocolate bars. The brand, founded in Melbourne, offers a range of chocolates available in the health food section at supermarkets that appeal to a range of consumers needs, being ethically produced, raw, organic, dairy, soy, egg and refined sugar free, vegan, and made from all natural ingredients (Pana Chocolate, 2017). Priced at $7.95 on their website (http://www.panachocolate.com), they are on the higher-end scale of the standard chocolate market, however the product oozes luxury throughout and lives up to it’s higher price point. This report will focus on the marketing implications of the packaging design choices made by Pana Chocolate in regards to this range of products.