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Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A 5 page paper which examines how family, law,
religion, and government functioned before and after the intrusion of the European
missionaries in Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAachbe.rtf
Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A six-page paper overview of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel. It traces the plight of the protagonist Okonkwo as he confronts his own inability to handle the dissolution of traditional Ibo culture in the face of colonial imperialism. No additional sources.
Filename: KBacheb4.wps
Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and “The Interesting Narrative” by Olaudah Equiano
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A 6 page paper which examines the conditions of Africans who come in contact with
Europeans as seen from the 19th century writing of Olaudah Equiano in his narrative, and
Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” which addresses the turn of the 20th century. No additional
sources cited.
Filename: RAachb2.rtf
Achebe/Gender in Dead Men's Path
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A 6 page essay that discusses Chinua Achebe's short story "Dead Men's Path." In this narrative, Michael and Nancy Obi represent Nigerians who have been thoroughly assimilated into the mindset and cultural values of the colonizing British. As such, their behavior is geared toward Western gender expectations rather than toward the cultural paradigm of the native people of the village. Examination of Achebe's characterization of Michael and Nancy illuminates how Western stereotypical gender behavior is mirrored in the relationship between Michael, as a symbol of authority, and the village people. Bibliography lists 5 sources, but 2 references for sources are incomplete.
Filename: khgendmp.rtf
Achebe/Okonkwo & Minor Characters
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A 3 pages essay that discusses how Achebe's treatment of minor characters in Things Fall Apart is enlightening not only towards Igbo culture, but also in complementing and contrasting the personality of his protagonist, Okonkwo. The writer specifically discusses Ezeudu, Nwoye and Ezinma. No other sources cited.
Filename: khmctfa.rtf
Achebe: The English Presence in "Things Fall Apart"
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This 5 page paper discusses Chinua Achebe's book "Things Fall Apart" with regard to the way in which the British colonize the villagers. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVCAcheb.rtf
Aggression and Change in Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"
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A five page paper looking at Achebe's novel in terms of the way the two characters Obierika and Nwoye counterbalance Okonkwo and contribute to the significance of the story's final outcome. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBachb10.wps
Althol Fugard/Valley Song
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A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses Althol Fugard’s play Valley Song, which primarily focuses on an adolescent and her efforts to carve a life for herself in the new South Africa that differs from the past. In portraying this story, Fugard pictures a strong young woman who has the courage to come to grips with the opportunities offered in the new South Africa because she had the nurturing and love offered by her grandfather. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khafval.rtf
An Examination of the Major Themes of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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An 8 page paper which examines the three themes that are featured throughout the novel, the respect for the Oracle’s guidance, how Okonkwo’s anger is the central source of his actions, and the preeminent role of men throughout the Igbo (Ibo) society of Umuofia. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGtfathem.rtf
An Explication of Lenrie Peters’ Poem “Homecoming”
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This is 4 page paper meant as an explication of Lenrie Peters’ poem “Homecoming”. Gambian poet and novelist Lenrie Peters was born in 1932 in Bathurst, the capital of Gambia during the time when Gambia was still a British colony. The background of Peters and that of his country is important when analyzing his poem “Homecoming” as readers can better understand the climate in which he left Gambia to become educated and that to which he returned many years later. The poem “Homecoming” is among his collection which shows the corruptive greed of the tribal leaders while at the same time is balanced by “nostalgia for a pastoral past with cautious assertion of hope for a future built on that past”. Peters’ “Homecoming” writes of the sadness and strange shadows and skeletons which awaited him when he returned to Gambia to which he had “longed for returning”. The poem can be analyzed through several meanings including literal, connoted, figurative, imagery, allusions and tone among others.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJLPete1.rtf
Analysis and Critique: “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
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This 9 page paper examines the seminal African novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe from a feminist perspective; it also argues which critics seem to have made cogent statements and which are less convincing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: HVAnlAch.rtf
Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A 7 page paper which examines the protagonist Okonkwo, the African customs as practiced by the Ibo tribe, and the conflict between the African and European cultures. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGcatfa.rtf
Analysis of Ouologuem Yambo's Poem, "When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out"
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A 5 page paper which examines the poem's literary elements, including subject, image, form, rhythm, symbolism, and interpretation to determine how they were utilized to deliver the main point, along with an offered opinion of the work. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGteeth.wps
Anglo-Sikh Relations in Ondaatje’s “The English Patient”
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A seven page paper analyzing the degree to which Kip’s identity as a Sikh soldier fighting on the side of the British contributes to his sense of isolation in Michael Ondaatje’s novel. The paper argues that Kip’s role as a Sikh may have been a significant one in India, and one from which he derived a considerable amount of pride; and yet among Europeans, he is only an Indian, and thus someone fighting under a flag that is not really his own. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KBpatient.wps
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
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A 5 page review of Chinua Achebe’s work Arrow of God. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAawche.rtf
Athol Fugard’s “No-Good Friday”
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A 4 page analysis of the themes in Athol Fugard’s play “No-Good Friday.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAfugard.rtf
Bessie Head’s “The Collector of Treasures”
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A 3 page paper which examines the role
of violence, in relationship to culture, within Bessie Head’s short story “The Collector of
Treasures.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAheadtr.rtf
Beti/Poor Christ of Bomba
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A 3 page book review that offers a summary and comments on this novel by Mongo Beti, which offers a highly critical view of European-led Christian evangelism in southern Cameroon in the 1930s. The main thrust of the novel serves to refute the relevancy of Christianity to traditional African life and, in so doing, indicates that rather than aiding Africans in any meaningful way spiritually, the main effect of evangelistic efforts is to facilitate colonialism by creating social chaos. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbeti.rtf
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