It could be said that Achebe chooses
to set his novel things fall apart prior and during the colonial administration
because he wants to tell a story of the people of Nigeria overcoming the
colonial movement and keeping true to their own culture and that is mentioned
throughout the novel with aspects like Palm Wine and the Kola Nut. Achebe also
wants to set a scene for the worst if
Nigerian time, it is a reminder of how bad things can get and serve as motivation for the Nigerian people.
Achebe says one of the
major issues he faced while helping to advocate independence for Nigeria was he
saw was the people inability to oversee revolution as a willing community. We observe
this when we see that keeping people together at whatever cost is a major a major
theme in the book and untimely why the people do not follow Okonkwo at the end
of the novel and though they can follow him they
still can't stay intact and that was because
of the colonization of Nigeria was consuming everyone.
Achebe is personally apart of the movement that granted
Nigeria Independence, thus he recognizes this time as a truly powerful era and it
has proven a pivotal moment for Achebe and being so vivid in his mind makes it easier
and more enjoyable to write about. So thus, he was motivated to provide a perspective
to the complexity of his culture through English Literature. As we learned that
many stories from many different perspectives are necessary to create an understanding
of a culture not one's own. Since we can
say that the truth comes out in the spaces where there is overlap in stories. Thus,
Achebe chooses to add his own perspective to the limited repeatable stories
that reach the mass of people.
To elaborate on Achebe’s hybrid identity as he is a proud Igbo
and a Christian he portrays Igbo people as a well-united
community that only really beings to fall apart because of being colonized when
the colonizers some and bring with them their own traditions and culture. A reminder
to the people at unification is important to them.
It is relevant to mention the importance of Achebe’s writing
in English literature giving his work the ability to reach Igbo and Nigerian since
English is their primary language as well as had the power to reach people outside
of Nigeria.
It could be said that Achebe chooses
to set his novel things fall apart prior and during the colonial administration
because he wants to tell a story of the people of Nigeria overcoming the
colonial movement and keeping true to their own culture and that is mentioned
throughout the novel with aspects like Palm Wine and the Kola Nut. Achebe also
wants to set a scene for the worst if
Nigerian time, it is a reminder of how bad things can get and serve as motivation for the Nigerian people.
Achebe says one of the
major issues he faced while helping to advocate independence for Nigeria was he
saw was the people inability to oversee revolution as a willing community. We observe
this when we see that keeping people together at whatever cost is a major a major
theme in the book and untimely why the people do not follow Okonkwo at the end
of the novel and though they can follow him they
still can't stay intact and that was because
of the colonization of Nigeria was consuming everyone.
Achebe is personally apart of the movement that granted
Nigeria Independence, thus he recognizes this time as a truly powerful era and it
has proven a pivotal moment for Achebe and being so vivid in his mind makes it easier
and more enjoyable to write about. So thus, he was motivated to provide a perspective
to the complexity of his culture through English Literature. As we learned that
many stories from many different perspectives are necessary to create an understanding
of a culture not one's own. Since we can
say that the truth comes out in the spaces where there is overlap in stories. Thus,
Achebe chooses to add his own perspective to the limited repeatable stories
that reach the mass of people.
To elaborate on Achebe’s hybrid identity as he is a proud Igbo
and a Christian he portrays Igbo people as a well-united
community that only really beings to fall apart because of being colonized when
the colonizers some and bring with them their own traditions and culture. A reminder
to the people at unification is important to them.
It is relevant to mention the importance of Achebe’s writing
in English literature giving his work the ability to reach Igbo and Nigerian since
English is their primary language as well as had the power to reach people outside
of Nigeria.
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