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A 7 page paper which examines the ways in which the themes of rebellion and submission are elaborated in and developed by the protagonists in each novel. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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and Christianity in the most primitive areas. If those methods fell short and the people resisted their government control, they would occasionally resort to acts of violence in order
to demand compliance. In some societies in which rigid class structures were in place, people were extremely restricted in what they could say or do and often even publicly
humiliated as a way of reminding them of their status (or lack thereof) in the hierarchy. Both examples are ways in which government and society attempt to control acts
of rebellion through tactics designed to ensure submission. Two important twentieth-century third-world novels thematically examine rebellion and submission through the development of their strong male protagonists. At
various times, each of these men are rebellious, but ultimately must accept submission. Untouchable is Mulk Raj Anands novel that chronicles a day in the life of Bakha, an eighteen-year-old
latrine sweeper, who represents the lowest class in Indias caste system, as dictated by the Hindu religion (Buchan). Bakha constantly finds himself imprisoned by "six thousand years of racial
and class superiority" (Anand 16). He never has to wonder where his place is in Indian society, because he is constantly reminded it is at the bottom. Yet,
despite this acute awareness, he seizes whatever opportunity he can to break free "of these strictures" (Buchan). In Chinua Achebes African masterpiece, Things Fall Apart, first published in 1959,
the protagonist Okonkwo is a high-ranking member of Igbo society of Umuofia (in what is now Nigeria) shortly before the arrival of British Christian missionaries. The narrative describes how
Okonkwo struggles to retain his traditional identity in a rapidly changing world that bears little resemblance to the farming culture he knew and loved. Bakhas first act of rebellion is
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