He is the man that wrote Things Fall Apart, the novel that is being taught at schools all over the world and the man that is called father of African literature. ... The enormous variety of native languages throughout Africa creates an immense diversity of cultures, and therefore literature. We need to treasure those different cultures and types of literature in order to distinguish ourselves from everyone else. ... Question Why is colonization and decolonization such a major topic in African Literature? ... For this reason, the injustice that has been done to our people is a decisive topic ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Critical Lens Essay "In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." ... Which has been a prominent theme of old literature. ... The conflict of the book is man vs. man, the African tribes vs. the British. ... The Africans accepted the British into there tribe and they gave them a chance. ... (Achebe 146) Here it is show clearly that the British is trying to conquer the Africans, but the Africans do fight back to a certain extent then finally they stop fighting. ...

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Critical Lens Essay "In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." ... Which has been a prominent theme of old literature. ... The conflict of the book is man vs. man, the African tribes vs. the British. ... The Africans accepted the British into there tribe and they gave them a chance. ... (Achebe 146) Here it is show clearly that the British is trying to conquer the Africans, but the Africans do fight back to a certain extent then finally they stop fighting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both pieces of literature deal with the beginning and the end of a civilization. ... Things begin to fall apart, with the appearance of the white men in Africa and with the introduction of Christianity. ... In the end, in frustration, he kills an African that works for the British, and then commits suicide, a sin against the tradition to which he had been a part of for so long. ... The appearance of white men in Africa was the beginning of chaos in the Ibo village, and the beginning of the end of a civilization. ... Both pieces of literature deal with the downfall of a civilization due to a d...

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Reason for Okonokwa's downfall in Things Fall Apart The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe has long been seen as a response to Christian colonial literature, which presents the African as a barbaric dark image. It is therefore ponder some that Achebe would choose to shed light on Africa by deconstructing and ultimately destroying his main character Okonokwa. Through examining Okonokwa and his character flaws and essentially the reasons for his downfall one may surmise that shedding light on the African plight was not Achebe's some message in this novel. ... Clearly, Thin...

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Critical Essay Chinua Achebe wrote the novel, Things Fall Apart, which is a great piece of African literature that deals with the Ibo culture, society, and history. One place where the Ibo religion is practiced is in the village of Umuofia in Africa, where the story takes place. ... The consequences of treating the Ibo religion as culturally inferior led to the falling apart of Africa. Since Okonkwo was a symbol of Africa and he committed suicide at the end of the book, Africa also fell apart. ... In conclusion, Things Fall Apart is a very good novel and por...

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• Grade Level: High School