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  • Arrow of God

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    Arrow of God is a 1964 Novel by Chinua Achebe about the cultural, political and religious tensions between the Igbo and the British in colonial Nigeria. Ezeulu, the chief priest of the god Ulu, refuses T. K. Winterbottom's offer to become part of the colonial administration and is imprisoned. After being released, Ezeulu returns to his people and refuses to perform the necessary rites to allow the people to harvest their yams. Starvation ensues, the people blame Ezeulu and John Goodcountry seizes the opportunity to convert the village to Christianity.

  • Analysis of Arrow Of God

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    Chinua Achebes Arrow of God is set in the 1920s before secularism became dominant It begins with the image of a mask when he tells his son not to carve the mask of a god for the white man The mask is a symbol of change The whole world is changing and the people who do not change will not survive The old priest Ezeulu desires change but he cannot do it He cannot force himself to leave the old ways behind and adopt the new ways Thus he sends one of his sons to learn from the white man He cannot d

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