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In five pages this paper provides a comparative character analysis of similarities in terms of how both Olunde and Obi are caught between cultures and how their stories end tragically, differences in circumstances, feeling, and meaning, and how these differences imply different political and cultural situational differences in Nigeria presented by the authors. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
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that actually took place in Nigeria during the British colonial occupation of the 1940s. Tradition demanded that upon the demise of a village chief, his horseman was expected to
commit suicide in a ritual of continued service in the afterlife. The play considers the repercussions of British District Officer Simon Pilkings refusal to allow horseman Elesin Oba to
perform this obligatory ritual not only on his family but also on the tribal customs. Chinua Achebes follow-up to Things Fall Apart was 1960s No Longer At Ease, which
is a reference to a poem by T.S. Eliot. Like its predecessor this novel is set in Umuofia, an Ibo-speaking village in Eastern Nigeria. Its protagonist is Obi,
the grandson of the ill-fated Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart, and how his life has been profoundly influenced by the European cultural influence on the region. The similarities and
differences that exist between Elesins son Olunde and Obi provide considerable insights into these works as do the authors differing approaches to European imperialism in Nigeria in terms of political
and cultural emphasis. Both Olunde and Obi are Nigerian young men who represent the proverbial rock in a hard place, caught between their native primitive cultures and European colonial modernization.
Back in the 1940s, few Nigerians were accorded the opportunity to go to England to receive a college education (Saaka and Podis 266). However, Olunde was selected by
Officer Pilkings to travel to England and study medicine. With this honor came responsibility of which Olunde was well aware. He would return to Nigeria and positively apply
is Western education "in the service of tradition" (Saaka and Podis 269). As for Obi, whose complete name was Obiajulu, which means "the mind is at last at rest,"
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