Monster/Prom!blems

1.) The primary character of my problem is myself. The issue at hand is one that is entirely internal, it relates to how I choose to act and react to various events on a daily basis. The setting of the problem is wherever I am at a particular time, right now the setting happens to be UCSC.

2.) Achebe's grand monster is Imperialism and the restlessness of man's hungry heart. This problem is created by man's constant drive for power and recongnition, as well as the inherent greedy and corruptable nature of those with power. Achebe's monster is created by belief systems ingrained in people's minds, the concept of "the white man's burden" is an example of justification for the destruction of many cultures. The colonists bring a new idealogy and religion with the pre-concieved notion that it is somehow better and more virtuous than any other system that could be in place. Achebe's novel is full of looming dread and the hovering idea of social divsion amongst the African people, which leads to the loss of cultural heritage. Achebe's savage, unlike Rousseau's creature, is an organized group with many bonds and connections to certain things and ideas. They are not in a slow moving dormancy period, but rather in a state of conquest.