------------------------------------------------- Things Fall Apart OLIDA – Book Report January 17, 2014 Anusha Bhushan, Maharshi Patel, Srihari Srivathsa, Sunil Rinald, V Sridhar January 17, 2014 Anusha Bhushan, Maharshi Patel, Srihari Srivathsa, Sunil Rinald, V Sridhar Introduction Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe presents a rather intriguing story set in a tribal village in Africa. The story follows the life of Okonkwo, a very strong individual who comes to be a leading individual
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These qualities include; 1. Must come from nobility, the protagonist must fall from power and from happiness. 2. Hamartia which is the tragic hero is fallible, and his downfall is the result. Whatever the characters' fatal weakness is that brings him to a bad end. 3.Peropeteia which is a reversal of fortune, or a sudden change of circumstances that affect the protagonist. 4. Anagnorisis which is the point in the plot which the protagonist recognizes his or some others characters true identity or
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Charlotte even though they love each other “ I am not threatened by you in the least” (pg 10) to Man. It shows how strong is she even though shes being harassed Existentialism means is to live as independent but shes having so many difficulty of living with a guy who she loves that doesn’t respect her. “Oh good heavens. That would Be much too Quick for him. He'd rather kill me little by little than all at once.” (pg 15) Charlotte. Its a existentialism because she has gave up on Rodney and her independent
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when it makes Lennie upset, “I don’t know why I can’t keep it. It ain’t nobody's mouse.” (page 9) This line from Lennie shows that he does not agree with George, but George wants what is good and right for Lennie even if it means taking his mouse he found. It is true that George gets mad at lennie, “I could get along so easy and nice if I didn’t have you on my tail.” (page 7) George does get upset but in
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lesson about stealing and blaming things on others like a typical bad boy would. When Jim became older, he abused his sister without an ounce of remorse. This was because unlike typical sisters that get bashed in the head, Jim’s sister did not get mad or retaliate at him. She quietly forgave and carried on with her life. This is ironic because people do not usually get hit in the head and walk away with no anger or frustration with the person that struck them. Jim could have learned his lesson if his
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death of who he loved, Creon could have avoided it all. Creon has sent Antigone to her death and unknowingly sent his son and wife too. Creon is a tragic hero because he has fallen from great heights, met a tragic death and made many irreversible mistakes. To illustrate ,because of his actions Creon has fallen from great heights. He made himself into a tragic because he was a king who started during a peaceful time in Thebes and slowly turned into chaos. Creon even stated “Gentlemen: I have the honor
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Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, was sad because of his father’s death and he was shocked to find his mother Gertrude already remarried two months after his father’s death. The Queen married Claudius, her dead husband’s brother and then Claudius became king. In reality, Hamlet was the true king after his father’s death. The reason why Claudius married his sister-in- law was he didn’t want Hamlet to become king. Although Prince Hamlet knew that there was something strange about his father’s death,
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Morning, at Theodore’s house Characters: * Theodore – he is a sad boy because he has a broken ankle. * Father – he is the father Theodore, the one who gave Theodore the telescope. * Mother – the mother of Theodore, she prepared food for the fishing. * Arthur – younger brother of Theodore. Summary: Theodore couldn’t help feeling sorry for himself as he looked at his bandaged ankle. That only made him unhappy about it. He heard the rattling of dishes from the kitchen. After
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in Sierra Leone. Ishmael, his brother and some friends like listening to rap and formed a dance group. Ishmael says, “The four of us had started a rap dance group when I was eight. We were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi. […] I loved the dance, and particularly enjoyed learning the lyrics because they were poetic and it improved my vocabulary” (Beah,6). This quotation shows that before Ishmael became a soldier, he was an innocent child who liked to listen and dance
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existed. Chris Kyle saved more lives than anyone could ever now. Though Chris Kyle’s life was taken from him, if I could go back to the day he died, then I would give him some advice. My first piece of advice is, I would tell Chris that he should be careful with whom his acquaintances are. If Chris is careful about who he hangs out with then he won’t have to worry about getting hurt. Chris died because of someone he thought was his friend, but his so called friend revolted against Chris and it cost both
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