Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" And Desai's "Clear Light Of Day": Tension And Conflict Between Traditional And Modern Views
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Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and Desai's "Clear Light of Day": Tension and
Conflict Between Traditional and Modern Views
How does the tension between traditional and modern views of the
world play itself out in Achebe's and Desai's novels?
In both Achebe's and Desai's novels, tension and co ....
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.... ground throughout the village until he
died. But after a while this custom was stopped because it spoiled the
peace which it was meant to preserve." But traditions continued on,
including ritual killing and banishment of one of the village leaders. But
then things begin to change more rapidly with the coming of the
missionaries. When they gave them the "evil forest" to build their
churches on there was no turning back. Many of the abused and outcast were
converted when they saw that t ....
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