dead men's path
In this short story "Dead Men's Path," Chinua Achebe gives the protagonist an exciting chance to fulfill his dream. Michael Obi was fixed officially headmaster of Ndume Central School, which was backward in every sense. He had to turn the school into a progressive one, however the school received a bad report when the supervisor came to inspect. Why did the school get a nasty report and Obi could not become a glorious headmaster even though he put his whole life into it? In order to find out the answer, we have to examine Michael Obi's personality and the event that made the supervisor to write an airier result. Michael Obi was a secondary school teacher. "The Ndume Central School had always been an unprogressive, so the mission authorities decided to send a young and energetic man to run it" (331). Obi was a juvenile and a jaunty man. Within Obi's confidence, the reader can see his ardent desire. "He had many wonderful ideas and this was an opportunity to put them into practice" (331). By this golden chance he wante
One of the school building was pulled down" (333). To close that path, "Obi planted heavy sticks closely across the path at two places where it entered and left the school premises. When the Government Education Officer came to inspect the school, "the beautiful hedges were torn up not just near the path, but right round the school, and flowers were tripled to death. One evening Obi saw an old woman from the village walking slowly right across the compound. Obi did not know that the villagers could do this; otherwise, he should have found another way to stop the people until the supervisor came, but nothing can stop the future. Obi wanted "his associates to give all their time and energy to the school" (331) because they were not married. These were further strengthened with barbed wire" (332). He had put his all efforts to make the school marvelous and beautiful. "On going up there he found faint signs of an almost disused path from the village across the school compound to the bush on the other side" (332). d to show other people how a school should be run. He was blamed for the duff result of the school and the affray within the village and the school. Michael Obi's hopes were achieved much earlier than he expected, but his desires did not gain any success. Since he was well prepared with all solutions to all problems, how come he could not become a man of the school? Why did the superintendent not like this passionate school? The main reason the supervisor did not write a decent report was the condition of the school premises.
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