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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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