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A B S T R A C TChapter one, Introdu
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Achebe's protrayal of this historic
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Chapter Seven, ItLiberation from th
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the right balance or rhythm between
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majority of the population in want
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maintained an intrinsic and almost
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Its immdediate antecedentis to be f
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elations and specially in commercia
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The same writer concludes to a new
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of liberation. The oft-used 'libera
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determined simply by a given cosmic
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product.These 'objectifications' of
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But what is common in all these dif
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toan involvement, a commitment, whi
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ideology sweeping through most Asia
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voluntarypoverty and the spirit of
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implicit faith in the basic goodnes
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MULK RAJ ANAND AND CHINUA ACHEBE AM
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many years before Dr.K.R. ~rinivasa
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instant hit. He followed it up with
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y the metaphysical. We see a spirit
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During the period between 1950 and
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of the human person and on the life
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-- At Ease (1960); Arrow of God (19
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Europeans came into the picture. Th
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and extolling the negritude or the
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.... Grounding literature on concre
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sought the raw material for his/her
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CHAPTER FOUR-----------------------
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acid test of their authenticity as
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who had religious sanction for thei
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The question he poses to himself in
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ehabilitate them as equal citizens
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not allowing him to enjoy the sunny
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This and numerous instances in the
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Anantafs association with Janki and
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transformation that takes place in
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Anand believes in the values of unr
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Achebe presents Qkonkwofs character
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displayed by the British of the nat
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The opening scene wherein Obi is co
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The ultimate victory is an affirmat
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It is Ikem who begins to articulate
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Shortly after his inspiring speech
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There are strong similarities and s
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to perform the task.His method is n
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Bhikhu, Gangu, Ananta and even Gaur
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CHAPTERFIVE----------TRAD I T ION V
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Novel is that bright book of life w
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narrow, myopic perception of life a
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Anand has a fine perception af the
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cast in the mould of a self-effacin
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ground reality.However it is the po
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ignorance, superstitious beliefs im
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command of his narrative never slac
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A certain fearlessness and scant re
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fashioning out his fictional narrat
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Obi is presented as an educated Nig
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village people's stout opposition t
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The point af view as expressed by C
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thematic end by laying greater stre
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story of the struggle between these
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industrialisation, Money became the
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Finally we see a hunted and hounded
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Gangu's destiny is inextricably wed
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means of production. This is what i
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on deaf ears- And his heroic death
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And Margaret Berry seems to agree w
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conviction bearing on the conflicts
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adaptability, he is unwillingly has
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in well-diguised or civilized 'inno
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Odili though an idealist has a desi
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AIL said and done, Achebe's investi
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From a reading of Achebe's Anthills
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Now we turn our attention to the ca
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and cleanliness of the high caste p
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vegetable curry and rice while they
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Bhikhu the protagonist is a road-wo
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complacency, he also attacks the la
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people, thanks to widespread availa
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It could be by extension applied to
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And his mother literally shattered
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2 09morale of the people. Struggles
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This has been the traditional attit
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It is very gratifying to note the e
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Anand has, in his novel taken a bol
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with his wife in her growth into se
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Anand has successfully resolved the
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acceptance and compassion, so very
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Achebe is quite critical of the inf
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ambitious- She holds a brief for Ik
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ealistic, the male and the female,
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Achebe, when compared with Anand, a
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national situation and cultural her
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injustice. They were poet-prophets
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This brings us to the current debat
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Propaganda is always to be with us.
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"does the writer regard his work as
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elief system embodied in a poem or
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According to some critics commitmen
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critics hostile to commitment, beca
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and to be their spokesperson. In th
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of a writer can transform the vario
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Anand explores aspects of the human
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social content or purpose in the te
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always abused?.... They always abus
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While Anand has skilfully and consc
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death is more than compensated in t
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absorbing life-like story filled wi
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out sirnply because he is indigent
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different characters and situations
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dialectical or mutually enriching a
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for all people.True to this definit
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ites and its own administrative set
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infallibility. But Achebe's story i
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The other oral form which Achebe in
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achievement destroyed through an in
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disintegrating trends were not alre
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It is the same area - the supportin
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ut well-meaning high priest, no dou
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other words, the European coloniser
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Chris, the commissioner for Informa
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and seek blessing in order to gain
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when she herself is transformed int
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critical moments new versions of ol
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~ecessarily, as it is obvious to us
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Achebe as a novelist could not admi
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Leaves and 2 Bud and the Biq Heart,
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The fact about water like time is t
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the story or theme he is treating i
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. . . . the peculiarity of art is t
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importance. The classical pitfall o
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orne in mind that Achebe has time a
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The term wliberation" posits man as
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ÿ nand for the underdogs. While An
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The novel of disillusionment came i
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pleasures of life. He likes to dres
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makes is Janki who becomes a symbol
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the principal character- Achebe has
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fact the novel assumes greater vigo
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unable to concretely translate his
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of tradition versus modernity in hi
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een sharpened and made more content
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factory management as a partner, tr
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Achebers analysis of the tragic con
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equation. The richer thathiars repr
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Achebe examines this question in An
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y certain laws of the art or genre
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~tuauy enriching and transforming.
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Achebe has time and again proclaime
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elationship between the leaders amo
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the fictional world of Anand. He ha
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If there is a specific area for fur
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narrative.As a result of this a blu
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B I B L I O G R A P H YPRIMARY SOUR
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SECONDARY SOURCESWRITINGS ON ACHEBE
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Coppola , Carlo. Marxist Influences
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Granquist, Raoul. "The Early Swedis
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Kolawole, Mary Ebun Modupe. The Omn
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---------- . "The theme of salvatio
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Omolasa, Leslie and Johnson M-John.
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Robertson, R. T. "Untouchable as an