Shavonne.MichaelX.Jerry.IP.SS

Insightful points: 1. It is ironic that even though one commandment states that "Thou shall not steal", the white have technically taken and "stolen" the African culture. Likewise, they have also killed (though the commandment states "Thou shall not kill"). This is to antagonize the white colonial power in general (of course there are "better" characters such as Brown).

2. The reason Achebe is able to have a whole novel dedicated to Okonkwo is due to his ability to see the richness in the Ibo culture and in Okonkwo's character. Whereas the white "author" sees Okonwko (i doubt he even sees Okonkwo as an individual...) only as flesh and bones (possibly doesn't even see Okonkwo as human, as Okonkwo is too "primitive"?), and therefore has perhaps a paragraph, if not a chapter, to write about Okonkwo's suicide.

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