Everyone has their own customs in which they are accustomed to, and that is no exception to the natives of both Nigeria and Australia. But one person 's customs, are likely to not align with another 's, and that is the cause of many problems. In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, a little village in Nigeria, Umuofia, is alone and is most of the time peaceful with their neighbors, and they follow a specific set of customs, passed down from generation to generation. An important custom of Umuofia is to make a sacrifice before the farming season in order to have a successful yield. Achebe writes, “‘Every year,’ he said sadly, ‘before I put any crop in the earth, I sacrifice a cock to Ani, the owner of all land. It is the law of our fathers. I also kill a cock at the shrine of Ifejioku, the god of yams’” (Achebe 17). This shows that the Ibu people are polytheistic, and are respectful towards their gods. Unlike the Ibu people, the white settlers are …show more content…
This quote shows that the white men had no respect towards both the culture of the Ibu people, and the Ibu people themselves. That extreme amount of disrespect was one of the key reasons why the white men found it so easy to take over the natives. Another example of how customs and culture were taken away from natives was in Australia with the aboriginal people. In the film, Rabbit Proof Fence, by Phillip Noyce, it tells of the story of three little girls who were forcefully taken from their homes, and their journey of making it back. In the film, the aboriginals were living alone peacefully, and were raising their kids, as culturally appropriate to them, but the settlers did not see it that way, they wanted to make the half-caste children become like them, and serve the whites (Noyce). The reasons that these two works are similar, is that the natives of their own places, were suddenly overpowered by these people, who thought they were better, and had their culture and the customs they practiced, stripped from
It wasn 't fair to the Indians that they were always getting the short end of the stick and never being accepted for who they were. The Native
(Silko, 177) To elaborate, the answer to his internalized struggle is how colonialism has in bred whites as the saviors to the savage Indians. Moreover, it has brought him to believe the lie that whites are there to save him and can not do any harm. Also, how he
They are similar because both of the protagonists are trying to rebel against the conformity that is endorsed upon the communities. They are also different because the protagonists handle their protests in very different ways. This is why both texts are similar and
Nwoye prior to the European colonists didn’t fully go along with everything his father Okonkwo had taught him to continue his clan ways and traditions. The invasion of the European settlers threatened to extinguish the need for the mastery of traditional methods for the igbo people. This reason is why the invasion was disliked by many, but some clan members chose to go about this impact with a positive outlook and were willing to adapt to the new culture, christianity. Nwoye chose to be open minded and seeked acceptance towards the new culture instead of continuing to try and follow the cultural norms of his own religion. Ultimately Nwoye Converted from his religion of the igbo community to the religion of the European settlers.
But they also both deal with choices and endurance of consequences from that choice. One of several particular elements in each of the stories that best emphasize the theme is the usage of figurative language in each text. Some of the different types of figurative language each author used is simile, personification, and metaphor’s. Another way that the author expressed the theme is in the story is the limitations of the American Dream for African Americans. Whereas in the poem, the author used sort of a cause and effect scenario.
It’s been trying to kill Indians since the very beginning. Indians are pretty much born soldiers anyway. Don’t need a uniform to prove it” (Alexie 29). This quote shows the truthful thoughts of a modern day Native American and can reflect his first had experiences with living in America. Based on the quote, Natives are so ridiculed that they are basically taught
Likewise, they share a common theme that man should not disobey the gods. The outcome when man disobeys the gods is always bad. Man should not try to be like the gods by disobeying them. Both stories have their own gods and protagonist who disobeyed the gods.
Even though both of these stories include the theme of reaching for something you don’t quite have may be in place in totally different texts that use their imagery in different ways, you can still find similar themes in both pieces of
Chapter 10: In chapter 10 of Things Fall Apart, the author had purpose in all text. The text supported the author’s purpose of being a female is difficult. Females had to deal with having their thoughts or opinions not important. “There were many women, but they looked on from the fringe like outsiders” (Achebe 87).
He goes on to show how different white men and Native Americans are; by how they collect food by hunting, where they choose to live is not in the same place for long periods, and although white men have everything they did not have the right to take away liberty.
The main difference that we see between both racial ethnic groups is that white Americans believed that they could strip Native Americans from their culture and civilize them while “nurture could not improve the nature of blacks” (67). Although some Native Americans did try to live under the laws of white Americans, they were eventually betrayed and forced to leave the
The tripartite novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, published in 1958 focuses on the changes taking place in Nigeria, as a result of colonization during the 20th century. Chinua Achebe’s pragmatics when writing the novel focused on changing the perspective of Western readers with regard to African society. He mainly wanted to falsify the assertions in books such as “Heart of Darkness” which he claimed gave people of African descent a dull personality. Social status is one of the novels’ main themes. Chinua Achebe successfully incorporates the importance of social status, giving readers the impression that for the Ibo society, social structure consists mainly of a hierarchy of both skill and strength.
In Life Among the Piutes, sarah winnemucca hopkins describes what happens when soldiers came to their reservation based off what white settlers tell the government. The most shocking instance of this happened when Winnemucca encountered a group of soldier who told her the white settlers accused the natives of stealing cattle, “the soldiers rode up to their [meaning the Piute’s] encampment and fired into it, and killed almost all the people that were there… after the soldiers had killed but all bur some little children and babies… the soldiers took them too… and set the camp on fire and threw them into the flames to see them burned alive”(78). This is an abhorrent act that is unthinkable in a functioning society. The natives had done nothing but want to hold some shred of land from the settlers who had taken everything from them and are exterminated like vermin. This was something that stayed hidden from many white settlers because of its barbarism and by exposing it Winnemucca truly educates the reader, past and present, on how natives are
Although, they have similarity, the two stories has major differences also. First, both author differs the way they introduce and develop their lead characters to the reader. Second, they also differ in perspective from which their stories are being told. Third, they differs on the choice of settings and how it impact to the stories.
Many native peoples, tribes, and communities were underdeveloped in comparison to countries such as England and France, and this film showed that some natives desired the European way of life. In the film, there is a clear divide within the Native tribes with those who feel it was best to act based on