According to the scientific concept of genetics, a child and their parents are supposed to share various qualities. As such, people are bewildered on the occasion when they are unalike. In the novel T…
Things Fall Apart
Understanding the effects of colonization is not an easy task. When the missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they wreaked havoc on the local's tribal cultures. While many sources attemp…
Everything alters over time; sometimes, change can be good, but some consequences come with change. Okonkwo has lived and followed the rules and practices of his religion and is seen as fearless and …
Things Fall Apart, authored by Chinua Achebe, and Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George, show the influences of a new culture on an existing society. Both narratives detail what happens when one cult…
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the narrator Okonkwo lives through and reacts to the colonization of his people by Europeans. The Historical and Cultural settings of the story negatively influen…
Many societies are civilized, while others are not. In the case of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the British and Igbo societies are very different. One dictionary defines a "civilized society" a…
The goal of reading a script is to utilize phrases and printed dramatic performances to assist both the presenter and the audience in picturing the actors' and setting's actions. As demonstrated in th…
What does it mean to be a tragic hero? Does their story always come to a 'bad ending? The novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, provides a great example of a tragic hero. The protagonist, Okonkwo…
An outsider is someone who doesn't belong in or is left out of groups, they're excluded from activities, ignored by the people around them. They are not the main characters, not even a side character,…
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of tradition is "an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (such as a religious practice or a social custom)" On the con…