Nigerian Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe (1271 words, 4 pages)

The Story Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe covers the rudiments of the writers long and productive life. The story emphasis on his life and work framed within the experience of returning to his fathers hometown, Ogidi, after protagonist fathers retirement, when he was five years old. The writer stated ... Read More

A Perspective on Nigerian Post-Colonization Homosexuality in The Thing Around Your Neck, a Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1292 words, 5 pages)

The Thing Around Your Neck Taboo to Who?In The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie there are two very different short stories touching beautifully on the views of Nigerian post-colonization homosexuality. In one story, On Monday of Last Week the reader sees an ongoing and subtle curiosity between ... Read More

The Clash of Religion in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (701 words, 3 pages)

At Peace with Ones OwnIn a world where millions of differentiated cultures, dialects, customs, and ways of life and law exist, it should come to no surprise that these differences of opinion beget conflict. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe paints an illustrious narrative of just one of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Agitated and Indignant Tones in the Passage in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (756 words, 3 pages)

Style Analysis Things Fall ApartAgitated and indignant tones in the excerpt from Things Fall Apart express the authors message of dramatic emotional contrasts within the book. He shows these incongruities by showcasing the authority and the insecurities of the protagonist. The author uses multiple characters to further elevate the harmfulness ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences in Themes Between Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (661 words, 3 pages)

Things Fall Apart vs A Tale of Two CitiesIn high school, my English teacher had us read two books. It was during the society and civilization portion of learning of the school year. The way in which certain ideas are presented in different stories can be very important about the ... Read More

The Concept of Cultural Differences in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (2970 words, 11 pages)

UNIVERSALITY AN ANALYSIS OF CULUTURAL DIFFERENCES THROUGH A FEMINIE LENS The phrase cross culturally general refers to the universality of a concept. Such as, cross culturally African women experience grievances in regards to how they are treated within their culture, society, and religion. While some may perceive this as a ... Read More

The Patriarchal Culture of the Ibo Tribe in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (960 words, 3 pages)

Things Fall Apart A Patriarchal TribeIn the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there are many themes that stand out. However, there seems to be one theme that stands out the most. The Ibo tribe in this book have a patriarchal culture. This theme is an outstanding concept that ... Read More

The Role of Religion in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (1387 words, 5 pages)

Religion in Things Fall ApartFor many people, religion is a very touchy subject. For most, it is a personal decision people choose a faith that aligns with their beliefs, ideas, and faiths. Although people would like to think that religion is a personal decision, and they can adapt it to ... Read More

Uncertainty in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (487 words, 2 pages)

The title Things Fall Apart is significant to the book because itshows that nothing ever stays the same and things are always changing.Sometimes for the better, but in this book - for the worst. The first instance of things falling apart is in the first story withthe same title, "Things ... Read More

The Familial Bond of Father and Son in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (995 words, 5 pages)

Far from Like Father, Like SonA man in the Umuofia clan is worth only by his titles, strength, farms, and family. To have none of these would be a complete disgrace to any man. On the other hand, maybe there is more to life than just reputation. Perhaps there is ... Read More

The American Attitudes Towards the Peasants and the Lower Classes in The Great Gatsby and Things Fall Apart (1037 words, 4 pages)

Mind Over MatterOver the course of history, America has come to be known as the Land of Opportunity. This is due in part to what America had to offer centuries ago when the country was just forming and radically different than any other country in the world. However, this was ... Read More

A Plot Summary of the Novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (472 words, 2 pages)

Interim Purple Hibiscus Summary The novel Purple Hibiscus begins with the quote, "things began tofall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papaflung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on thetagre". This foreshadows what is going to happen as the ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Okonkwo from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (570 words, 2 pages)

A character Analysis of OkonkwoThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeI am not afraid of work.(21) Okonkwo the protagonist demonstrates his maturity in this statement. However, even with his hard bound illusion of what a man should be, he still has his draw backs like everyone else. He is still nave ... Read More

A View of Africa in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (855 words, 4 pages)

A Valuable Work of History - Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, was known as the founding father of African literature in the English language (An African Voice). Throughout history, European literature had portrayed Africa as a wild, dark, and forbidding land. As Achebe had once ... Read More

The Important Role of Ikemefuna in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (453 words, 2 pages)

What role or purpose does Ikemefuna serve in the story Things Fall Apart?In the novel Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe develops the story through the use of characterization. Ikemefuna, a boy sacrifice from the neighboring clan of Mbaino, kindles feelings of affection in Okonkwo and opens the door ... Read More

Power and Its Lack in The American Embassy by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (551 words, 2 pages)

10 Sentence Essay 1 The American Embassy In The American Embassy by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the text seems to argue that power, and the lack thereof plays a large part in the protagonists life because her absence of power leads to the death of her son and her life falling ... Read More

The Growth of Ugwu in Half of a Yellow Sun, a Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (585 words, 2 pages)

Half of a Yellow Sun DigestAt the start of Adichies Half of a Yellow Sun, Ugwu is first portrayed as an innocent, uneducated village boy. While working as a houseboy for professor Odenigbo, Ugwu starts to explore his sexuality and receives an education about the world around him. When Biafra ... Read More

The Paradox Between Yoruba Values of Olunde and His Father in Death and the King’s Horseman, a Play by Wole Soyinka (808 words, 3 pages)

Throughout the play, Death and the Kings Horseman, by Wole Soyinka, there is a conspicuous paradox between the traditional Yoruba values of Olunde and his father, Elesin. Although Olunde has been westernized by staying in Europe for his studies, he is seen to be more faithful to his own culture ... Read More

The Use of Power Through Gender Roles in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (1583 words, 5 pages)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a historical fiction novel that focuses on an African tribe around the turn of the 19th century. Power was wielded many different ways during this time period, mostly by men. The societal roles were defined by gender, giving all of the power to ... Read More

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: The Theme of Looking for a Fixed System of Values in the Constantly Changing World (1239 words, 4 pages)

Things Fall Apart Theme One of the main themes in Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart is the search for a fixed system of values in a world that is constantly changing, which suggests that the title of the novel is relevant to the effect of changes on cultural traditions. The ... Read More

The Theme of Gender Roles in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1162 words, 4 pages)

Gender Roles in Things Fall ApartThroughout a variety of cultures, men and women have had roles in their society that create controversy and disputes between genders. In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the roles of women and men in the society are driven by tradition and the ... Read More

The Unequal Roles of Women in a Traditional Igbo Society Portrayed in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe. (515 words, 3 pages)

Unequal OppositesChinua Achebe depicts in his novel, Things Fall Apart, the roles of women in a traditional Igbo Society as what one in a English society might call degrading, the jobs that women have directly correlate with the abuse encountered from their male counterparts.. The women have various jobs that ... Read More

The Truth about Africa in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (1668 words, 7 pages)

The Truth About Africa as Presented in Things Fall ApartAfrica has long suffered from a single story narrative. The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete. (Adichie) Many people are unaware that there is more to Africa ... Read More

The Lack of Absolute Freedom Portrayed in Things Fall Apart, a Novel by Chinua Achebe (1081 words, 3 pages)

The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. This is how Oxford defines freedom, but what is it really? And do we have it? Well freedom is what you make of it, the ability to decide our own fates and control how ... Read More

The Motivation of Chinua Achebe to Portray the Negative Effects of Imperialism in the Novel Things Fall Apart (450 words, 2 pages)

The Gap in the BookshelfChinua Achebes Things Fall Apart provides more than a detailed account of the main character, Okonkwos, journey. With this text, he allows the reader to witness the difficulties placed on certain tribal African cultures during the end of one time and the beginning of another. (Achebe, ... Read More

The Loss of Sexual Control in Ghosts, a Short Story by Chimamanda Adichie (658 words, 2 pages)

In Ghosts, by Chimamanda Adichie, the concept of the body comes up in a peculiar way in the short story. The victims of the Biafran war and the unethical leaders of the day are dealing with feelings of dependence and weakness in their country. Corruption and violence rid them of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Things Fall Apart, a Novel by by Chinua Achebe (896 words, 3 pages)

The Importance of Hierarchy in Things Fall Apart History has proven every civilized society has had different levelsof power in their culture. From the Ancient Greeks to Puritan Pilgrims,leaders searched for a higher role in their society that would give thempower and control. These quests for control led to the ... Read More

The Power and Flaws of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, A Novel by Chinua Achebe (657 words, 2 pages)

In the novel Things Fall Apart, the character Okonkwo is a powerful leader of the Umofia clan. He is a prideful, ambitious, and ill-tempered man. Yet, he is a man primarily driven by fear, which shows throughout the novel. Much of his life is driven by a fear of change ... Read More

An Analysis of The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (847 words, 3 pages)

TED Talk The Danger of a Single StoryThe Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an 18 minute 49 second TED Talk that was filmed in July of 2009. Adichie was born September 15, 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria. She is a novelist, nonfiction author, and short story ... Read More

The Village of Umuofia in Africa in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (922 words, 4 pages)

Structure of UmuofiaIn the novel Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe, Achebe tells of a village called Umuofia in Africa. In the village, lives a man named Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a very hard working man and is a very strong fighter in the village, which everyone admires him for. ... Read More

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