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Chinua Achebe · 1960
A novel following Obi Okonkwo, a young Nigerian man of great promise who faces trial and imprisonment after accepting a bribe, exploring themes of corruption, cultural conflict, and the disillusionment of post-colonial Africa.
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A Western-educated Nigerian's bribery conviction reveals how colonial ambition, tradition, and impossible debt crush moral integrity from within.
shame
The President said it was a thing of shame for a man in the senior service to go to prison for twenty pounds. He repeated twenty pounds, spitting it out.
LEC-RC-004The police officer is torn between his love of a woman and his love of God, and he commits suicide. It's much too simple. Tragedy isn't like that at all.
LEC-RC-025ambition-and-status
Obi Okonkwo had been steeling himself against this moment. He wore a smart palm-beach suit and appeared unruffled and indifferent.
LEC-RC-001Having negotiated a loan of fifty pounds and gone straight to hand it over to the insurance company, Obi returned to his office to find his electricity bill.
LEC-RC-063obedience-and-authority
Green might have ranked among the great missionaries; in 1935 he would have made do with slapping headmasters in the presence of their pupils; but in 1957 he could only curse.
LEC-RC-067It was scandalous that a man could be barred from marrying a girl simply because her great-great-great-great-grandfather had been dedicated to serve a god.
LEC-RC-0466 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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