The Father/Son relationship has 4 main parts in the novel Things Fall Apart. The first relationship is Okonkwo and his father, and second is Okonkwo and his son Nwoye, the third is Okonkwo and his daughter Ezinma and the fourth of Okonkwo and Ikemefuna. These are 4 very different relationships, where Okonkwo had to act … Read more
A father-son bond is essential and often complicated, son’s look at their fathers as role models, following in their footsteps. Alternatively, look at their fathers and want to be the opposition of them, deciding to cut them out their fathers from their lives completely. The novel “Things fall apart,” by Chinua Achebe, takes place in … Read more
“The Blood-Dimmed Tide” of Dionysian Impulse “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst /Are full of passionate intensity” (Yeats). Historically, humans possess an abysmal track record regarding the results of cultural collision: genocide, slavery, the Crusades, imperialism. In the … Read more
In the essay, “An image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,” Nigerian born professor Chinua Achebe outlines in the novel a respectable argument critical of certain parts in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Through the separation and critical over-analysis of certain parts and particular sentences, Achebe obviously and successfully declares his outlook … Read more
Imagine being separated from everyone that you love. Everyone that shares a culture or blood with you. This is one way that kinship was manipulated during slavery by slave owners. The importance of family is a theme commonly explored and discussed today in many different contexts, but it was used as a weapon in order … Read more
How does the ending of the novel reflect and tie in with the dangers of a single story? At the end of the novel the commissioner reflects on all the events that have just occurred and thought to himself, “the story of this man who would kill the messenger and hang them self would make … Read more
The novel Things Fall apart was written by Chinua Achebe. The genre of the novel is Historical Fiction. It was banned because the story uncovers the negative impacts of white-rule on Okonkwo’s little town, most expressively when he chooses to submit suicide as opposed to being attempted in a frontier court. Considered broadly in Africa, … Read more
Imperialism is defined as “a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force”. Imperialism and the notion of being “civilized” are quite a popular topic when discussed by academics, especially when it comes to Africa and African Societies. In the modern world it is quite common to classify others as … Read more
Abstract: John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men puts forth various notions of mental health during the Great Depression era in the United States of America. This paper focuses mainly on the treatment of Lennie Small, an individual with mental illness, by the other characters, especially George Milton. It explores how mental illness was dealt with … Read more
The term monster is often used to describe someone who has no compassion or genuine desire for love. Mary Shelley presents this idea through her novel Frankenstein. Mary Shelley shows how alienation can create a monster and the use of dangerous knowledge can be a result of this idea. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 Frankenstein, the … Read more
A satire is a piece of work that is generally for the purpose of being humorous by teasing or being ridiculous to a certain group or an organization. A play by Oscar Wilde ,The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire that ridicules marriage, class, and gender. This play critiques the traits of the noble … Read more
It is one thing to just age with elegance and acknowledgment at all momentary youth gives. It is another to watch yourself age from the view purpose of despondency, inside that short lived youth is the time lost against your very life. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, we meet a young fellow … Read more
Webster’s dictionary defines earnest as “characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind,” a definition that is subject to total upheaval in The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde uses satire to ridicule marriage, love, and the mentality of the Victorian aristocratic society in the play. George Bernard Shaw criticized the play saying, … Read more
The well-known 1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and the 2002 film adaptation by Miramax Films directed by Oliver Parker overall captures the plot, characters, and the setting of the original work. The original play follows an Englishman named Jack, who lives as an alter-ego named Ernest. He cares for his … Read more
One of the many accomplishments the Nigerian, Chinua Achebe achieved with his famous for his novel things fall apart is his relentless expression of the tribal life of Nigeria before and after the arrival of Colonialism this book was first published in 1958 two years before Nigeria declared independence from the UK, and avoids the … Read more
