The personal history of an author can have a significant influence on the way meaning is constructed in his/her writing. Comment on specific instances of such influence in Things Fall Apart.
Thesis Statement:
The personal history of Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart can have a significant influence of the way meaning is constructed. While implementing his influence with personal history he is able to affect character's role in the book as well as the cultural and historical context in which this text was based in.
Topic sentence 1:
With the use of certain characters such as Mr. Brown, Achebe is able to utilize him as a figure who shows what the colonization of Umuofia could have been like, had he stayed. With his comprehending personality about the Igbo's culture and religion he portrays one side of colonization trying to add balance in the way the assimilation of his society was done.
Topic sentence 2:
By allowing such a character like Reverend Smith, Achebe is able to contrast this character with that of Mr. Brown, representing two different ideologies and approaches to the colonization of the Igbo. Even though they are both trying to implement their religion and way of life into Umuofia, the clashing differences are shown with the reaction of the people in the Igbo groups.
Topic sentence 3:
Achebe, when publishing this book, just a few years before Nigeria's independence, shows how he decides and manipulates the cultural and historical context by setting this book back when the Igbo were first colonized. This, evident in the text, would show the adaptation of the Igbo people with colonization and how each different character dealt with it differently. This also serves to show a perspective into the everyday life of the igbo, their culture and society.
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