Things Fall Apart
Authorial Information: Chinua Achebe was born and grew up in the Ibo village of Ogidi when Nigeria was still a British colony. Although Achebe won a scholarship to study medicine, his love of literature and growing involvement with African nationalism changed his career. The nationalism movement after World War II brought with it a new sense of African self-awareness and confidence, and it occurred to Achebe that he and his fellow Africans might have their own stories to tell. Achebe's insight made him question the colonial-era notion that African culture was inferior to the culture the European colonist had grafted onto Africa, usually be force. As a gesture defining his roots. Achebe dropped his first name, Albert, which his parents had given him in honor of Queen Victoria's husband. In 1958, while working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company, Achebe published his first novel, Things Fall Apart. The novel tells of and Ibo man whose personal life is ruined as a result of colonial pressures. This was the first of three novels that Achebe wrote to explore the
Glossary-Tragedy-A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a moral weakness, or an inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. Uchendu's motivation is to help Okonkwo during his exile. Unoka's outcome is that he dies, heavily in debt to many people. Brown's outcome is that he gets transferred to another village. Smith's outcome is that Okonkwo kills one of his messengers. Many of the frictions originated in the groups' very different religions, languages, and outlook on life. Brown's motivation is to understand the Ibo culture and try to make the villagers want to become Christian instead of making them become Christian. Tragic Hero-the main character in a book that suffers sorrow as a result of his tragic flaw. In 1960, the new nation of Nigeria, with over two hundred ethnic groups, was not a unified country. Flashback- A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative. Achebe uses folklore when someone is trying to make a point to someone. Ezinma's motivation is to keep Okonkwo happy because she is the only thing that keeps Okonkwo happy. Unoka's motivation is to just make enough money to keep him and his family alive, and then be lazy for the rest of the time.
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