Question

In about one hundred words, explain why you think Achebe chose to tell the story of the clashes between colonialism and African culture from an African point of view. Sophmore English semester 2 please help!

Answer 1

I think that Achebe chose to tell the story of the clashes between colonialism and African culture from an African point of view because of the fact that African literature best shows and describes the African culture. African literature can also shows African society, African history, and even the social, political, and religious aspects. With this, telling the story from and African point of view can give the story more detail and a better understanding about the African culture so when clashing it with colonialism, it can be much better understood by the readers and can give greater depth in the authors reasonings and explanations.

Answer 2

Chinua Achebe wrote about the way of life in Nigeria that avoided stereotyping African identity, and at the same time keeping a critical viewpoint of the actions humans take that lead to their downfall. The aim of Achebe´s fiction is to take normal everyday passions that are common to all human beings and expose them without falling prey to over-simplified stereotypes, which tend to dehumanize the subject of the story. In ´Things Fall Apart´, for example, the plight of the main character is described without resorting to any sort of value judgements on the village´s strict and un-western system of justice.

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