Do you agree that Achebe shows an - awareness of the human qualities :: English Literature

Do you agree that Achebe shows an - awareness of the human qualities common to scarce(prenominal) men of all times and places - or do you find the tonic only unambiguously African and of its time?Achebes style has been described as one of noteworthy economy andsubtle irony uniquely and richly African .. revealing Achebes keenawareness of the human qualities common to all men of all times andplaces. Do you agree that Achebe shows an awareness of the humanqualities common to all men of all times and places or do you findthe novel only uniquely African and of its time?Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a twentieth-century Africantragedy written about the destruction of the African Igbo tribe bywhite men from the west. The novel focuses on Africas gradualinvasion by white Westerners and the effects of colonisation onspecific individuals and groups within the society. The novel has manydistinct African features that define the pre-colonial culture of theIgbo tribe. The very beginn ing of the novel describes an Africanfestival, in which drums and flutes are being used whilst thespectators look on in awe,The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held theirbreath.Achebes use of sensory language, such as the sounds of theinstruments, gives the audience a greater sense of shared experienceof what it was resembling to be part of the Igbo tribe. Achebes style ofwriting throughout the novel allows the audience to imagine being inthe position of characters such as Okonkwo who had their common, handed-down beliefs and rituals gradually overridden by theincreasingly-dominant Western ideology.Achebe uses simple language throughout the novel, particularly at thebeginning and this reflects the simplicity of the African oralstorytelling tradition. As most African stories were told intraditional verbal ways by illiterate people, the language used tendedto be simple,Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small woodydisc containing a kola nut, som e alligator pepper and a lump of whitechalk.Achebe uses this technique to yield some simple, vivid visual vision for the reader, while making them aware of traditional Africanfoods such as kola nuts. This type of sentence perfectly illustratesAchebes intentions of making this novel uniquely African.Henrickson suggests Things Fall Apart uses language and structures that make its world seem familiar to Western readers but questionswhether it really is familiar to us. Henrickson believes that thenovel is there to provide an understanding of the African perspectiveof colonisation however, he does not argue that the novel is relevantto us.