Introduction Practice (TFA)
Introduction:
In Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart", it is apparent that the personal history of the author has influenced the story, specifically how the meaning was constructed through his writing style. With the novel being written in 1958, this was during the time of which Nigeria was in pursuit of gaining its independence after its colonization by the Europeans in the early 1900s. Within this context, the novel was written to display the Igbo culture and traditions in order to inform the reader of the importance of mixture of one's identity even post-colonization. The protagonist's (Okonkwo) struggle in adjusting to the arrival of the missionaries and their domination over his tribe displays a referable example of the occurrence in which belief and value systems clash. With this in mind, the cultural attitude of Okonkwo in the novel, characterized with being rigid and aggressively religious, is highlighted by Achebe to stress the importance of duality.
Topic Sentences:
The relation between Achebe and the meaning of novel is obvious as it displays his strong passion for his root-culture permitted for a comprehension of the balance of one's character when said character has more than one history.
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Furthermore, it also illustrates how the meaning of the novel (to not fully abandon one's true culture) was influenced by Achebe's own inner conflict with maintaining his Christian beliefs whilst also acknowledging and appreciating his original religion.
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With this in mind, Achebe also uses Okonkwo as a lens to view the Igbo culture, yet gives him flaws in order to allow for his eventual character development and the evolution of the story as a whole to demonstrate the author's own frustration of the "single story".
In Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart", it is apparent that the personal history of the author has influenced the story, specifically how the meaning was constructed through his writing style. With the novel being written in 1958, this was during the time of which Nigeria was in pursuit of gaining its independence after its colonization by the Europeans in the early 1900s. Within this context, the novel was written to display the Igbo culture and traditions in order to inform the reader of the importance of mixture of one's identity even post-colonization. The protagonist's (Okonkwo) struggle in adjusting to the arrival of the missionaries and their domination over his tribe displays a referable example of the occurrence in which belief and value systems clash. With this in mind, the cultural attitude of Okonkwo in the novel, characterized with being rigid and aggressively religious, is highlighted by Achebe to stress the importance of duality.
Topic Sentences:
The relation between Achebe and the meaning of novel is obvious as it displays his strong passion for his root-culture permitted for a comprehension of the balance of one's character when said character has more than one history.
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Furthermore, it also illustrates how the meaning of the novel (to not fully abandon one's true culture) was influenced by Achebe's own inner conflict with maintaining his Christian beliefs whilst also acknowledging and appreciating his original religion.
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With this in mind, Achebe also uses Okonkwo as a lens to view the Igbo culture, yet gives him flaws in order to allow for his eventual character development and the evolution of the story as a whole to demonstrate the author's own frustration of the "single story".
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