Sunday, January 21, 2007

Isaac- Achebe's Monster & Characters

I think the characters of my problem are figures I beleive to represent the dichotomy of my potential life choices. On one hand are those I beleive to be fighters- a variety of occupations including serial killers, anarchist insurgents, rockstars, pirates, and mad scientists and on the other are those I believe to be those who make peace such as yogis, shamans, and possibly astronauts. I think God is a character in my problem. Also the doomsday device from Dr. Strangelove.
I think my problem takes place in space and time on a rock orbiting a star in a galaxy somewhere.

I think Achebe's monster is that which pilages and rapes someone's cultural identity. This monster is created my man's intrinsic ego and desire to affluence everyone else with his own special ideas while in turn completely disregarding people's existing thoughts and notions about the world.
Rouseau's "savage" does not necessarily reflect what Achebe describes but our want or need to know that a utopian means of life existed once before. As we saw in the village of Umuofia, war and hardship were well understood fundamental parts of life. They are not our new inventions; we have merely upgraded their components.

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