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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares Kojima Nobuo's "The American School" and Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." The writer argues that in both works, the context of the narrative presents a native culture trying to accommodate and adapt to an alien cultural presence. The protagonists in each work react to the invaders with hostility, but also in ways that reflect their own cultural past. In so doing, the authors demonstrate how misunderstanding of cultural mores and practices provides the foundation on which the entirety of the colonial experience is based. No additional sources cited.
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context of the narrative presents a native culture trying to accommodate and adapt to an alien cultural presence. The protagonists in each work react to the invaders with hostility, but
also in ways that reflect their own cultural past. In so doing, the authors demonstrate how misunderstanding of cultural mores and practices provides the foundation on which the entirety of
the colonial experience is based. Nobuos tale of Japanese teachers visiting an American school in American-occupied, post-World War II Japan is filled with irony, suppressed hostility, and cultural misconceptions.
The Americans see smug to the Japanese who assume that, since America won the war, they are secure in their cultural habits and consider them to be superior. The
Japanese, on the other hand, because they lost the war, feel compelled to examine their cultural practices. They feel that their defeat signals a deficiency in their society. Shibamoto
is the leader of the contingent of Japanese English teachers who are visiting the American School in order to observe English instruction among its students. Shibamoto indicates to the other
teachers that he considers it imperative that they all dress impeccably, warning the others "They despise us as a defeated people to begin with" (Nobuo 2900). Of course, Shibamotos interpretation
of American reaction to Japans surrender is wrong. While undoubtedly many Americans stationed in Japan still hated the Japanese because of friends and loved ones lost during the war, it
would never occur to them to be contemptuous of the Japanese people because they surrendered instead of maintaining the Japanese code of honor by all dying. However, as
this scenario suggests, the narrative is full of instances where there are cultural misunderstandings. Wearing foreign clothes, arriving early and even speaking English appear to be sides of respect that
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