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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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Author Biography

Name: Chinua Achebe
Birth Date: November 15, 1930
Place of Birth: Ogidi, Nigeria
Nationality: Nigerian
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist

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Biography of Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe (born 1930) is one of the foremost Nigerian novelists. His novels are primarily directed to an African audience, but their psychological insights have gained them universal acceptance. Chinua Achebe was born into an Ibo family on Nov. 15, 1...
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Biography of Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe is arguably the most discussed African writer of his generation. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), has become a classic. It has been read and discussed by readers throughout the anglophone world and has been translated into some fo...
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Biography of (Albert) Chinua(lumogu) Achebe
8479 words, approx. 28.3 pages
Chinua Achebe is arguably the most discussed African writer of his generation. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), has become a classic. It has been read and discussed by readers throughout the anglophone world and has been translated into some fo...


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Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - 1958 Summary
10,178 words, approx. 34 pages
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - 1958 Introduction Things Fall Apart is a timeless story of one man's struggle against his own self-destructive tendencies. At the same time, the novel is firmly rooted in a specific era, in both its setting and...
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Things Fall Apart Summary
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 in Ogidi, Anambra State, Nigeria, to an Igbo family of “devout Christian parents” (Achebe, Morning Yet on Creation Day, p. 65). He attended a mission school for his primary...
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Things Fall Apart Summary
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 in eastern Nigeria, the son of devout Christian parents. He was baptized Albert Chinualumogu, but dropped this Victorian name when he began his studies. At the university in Nigeria, his...
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Things Fall Apart Information
2,139 words, approx. 7 pages
Things Fall Apart is a 1959 English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Things fall apart
05/20/1995: 708 words, approx. 2 pages
Laurence Sterne believed the novel is like a conversation, a series of propositions and disclosures that invite agreement, questioning and denial. Patrick McCabe clearly believes this too; but in his case, the conversation is so militantly one-sided as to render the reader speechless. No...
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02/01/2000: 1,732 words, approx. 6 pages
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Achebe wins Booker Prize for fiction
6/13/2007: 606 words, approx. 2 pages
Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe won the 2007 Man Booker International Prize for fiction Wednesday, beating such celebrated nominees as Philip Roth, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan.The $120,000 prize is awarded every two years for a body of fiction.Achebe, 76, is best known for his first...
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Diaz stars in TV's `Shrek the Halls'
11/26/2007: 274 words, approx. 1 pages
Shrek, star of three animated blockbusters, now has his own Christmas special, "Shrek the Halls," which debuts Wednesday on ABC-TV.Cameron Diaz, who reprises her voice role as Princess Fiona, hopes the story of the grumpy-yet-lovable green ogre's first Christmas with family and friends will become...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Ato Quayson
9,396 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Quayson discusses the different critical perspectives portrayed in Things Fall Apart.
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Critical Essay by Christopher Wise
9,099 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Wise explores the universality of the plight of the Igbo people as they face the destruction of their pre-colonial culture in Things Fall Apart.
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Critical Essay by Kwadwo Osei-Nyame
7,838 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Osei-Nyame analyzes the complexity of the relationships and the varying forms of consciousness within the Igbo community as portrayed by Achebe in Things Fall Apart.
 
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Essay Grade: 86%
Narrative Technique in Chinua Achebe's "things Fall Apart"
2,381 words, approx. 8 pages
Chinua Achebe is probably the most widely read of contemporary African writers. His first novel, Things Fall Apart published in 1958 brought forth glory and fame. Then it was followed by his other novels such as No Longer Ease (1960), Arrow of Good (1964) and A Man of the People (1966). His father was an evangelist and church teacher, although many of his relatives adhered to the Ibo religion and customs.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Things Fall Apart and a Small Place: Comparing the Theme of Cultural Integrity
1,741 words, approx. 6 pages
Discusses the cultural integrity of the natives in A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Describes the values and morals of the natives and details how they are compromised by the invading British.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Evil in "the Iliad", "things Fall Apart", and "the Epic of Gilgamesh"
1,505 words, approx. 5 pages
I would like to explore the themes of evil that appears in Things Fall Apart, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Iliad as well as explain what evil is. I will also discuss the evil characters of Paris, Gilgamesh, and Okonkwo and compare their importence in the given story. I will then compare entities that embody and represent evil in their respective tales. In the end, I will explain why evil is needed to maintain a counterbalance of good. This will show how evil is important to society and to humanity.
 


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