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A 4 page paper which
compares the cultures in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and Joseph Conrad’s
“Heart of Darkness.” No additional sources cited.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
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powerful theme in many novels. It offers readers many possibilities in terms of explication and it can serve as a timeless examination of the human condition. In Chinua Achebes "Things
Fall Apart" and Joseph Conrads "Heart of Darkness" we see two very powerful novels that illustrate native cultures and encroaching cultures that colonize a region. The following paper looks at
the cultures presented in these two novels, with some discussion of the cultures that invade, and then compare the two cultural realities. Achebe Chinua Achebes novel "Things Fall
Apart" is a very powerful and almost objective, look at life in Nigeria before and after the invasion of European people and European ways. It is a story which illustrates
many different changes in the culture of the people of a particular village, the village of Umuofia, as they experience the power and oppressive nature of the European missionaries who
claim change, so to speak, altering the face of these people. In the first chapter of Achebes book we get a glimpse at the government system of these people
as they earn respect and position through obtaining titles. They are given particular titles, relating to actions and deeds, integrity and other qualities, which provide them with a position of
power in many ways. The more titles the greater the power. And, in a social perspective as it involves the government system, this small region is primarily all there is
as far as the people are concerned. Okonkwo is a man of his times, and a powerful man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make
himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started out as nothing, and grew to possess several wives, plenty of food, and many children. He followed the rules and
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