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This 9 page paper examines the seminal African novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe from a feminist perspective; it also argues which critics seem to have made cogent statements and which are less convincing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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from a feminist perspective. Discussion Things Fall Apart is an extraordinarily rich novel that can be approached from many different perspectives. It can be seen as the portrait of a
man driven by ambition; as postcolonial literature; as a cautionary tale of the problems inherent when two disparate cultures come in contact; or as a condemnation of superstition. Its also
worth noting that trying to analyze the novel is like navigating a minefield, because readers tend to see it through Western eyes. And they have become prejudiced. Over the years,
the media coverage of Africa has been almost entirely one-sided, concentrating on unstable governments, famine, violence and social unrest, with the result that there is a "fatigue" now associated with
these images (Bacon). That is, the rest of the world is tired of hearing about these problems; in addition, it expects that any news from Africa will be bad or
disturbing as it has always been in the past (Bacon). This has led to a perception throughout the rest of the world that Africa is simple, a savage continent whose
population is somehow different from the rest of the human race (Bacon). Achebe insists that this view of Africa is completely wrong, and is the result of the selective way
in which African affairs have been reported in the West over a long period (Bacon). Since Africas various societies are extremely complex, Things Fall Apart should not be considered
a "quaint" or "homespun" tale of a primitive civilization, but an examination of a high-functioning culture, albeit a culture far different from those Westerners are used to. Failing to take
the portrait of Igbo culture on its own terms reduces the story to a description of a incomprehensibly violent and superstitious society. Also, readers need to be aware of the
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