Research Paper On Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on the 15th of September 1977,as the fifth of six children and raised in a home in Nsukka, Nigeria formerly owned by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Adichie's mother was the university's first female registrar and her father , a professor at the University of Nigeria as well as ,Nigeria's first professor of statistics. After studying medicine for some time, Adichie realized that she was only training to be a doctor because it was the set plan for high achievers like herself and so transferred to Connecticut State University where she studied communication at age 19. She then received a masters degrees from Johns Hopkins University in creative writing. In her senior year at Eastern Connecticut State University …show more content…

But it doesn't necessarily mean that we have to continue writing in the same tradition that they wrote in...I want to write about the reality that is happening now...Times have changed." This particular statement speaks precisely on what the whole concept of third generation writing is. Though this is said, Hewett goes further to bring light to the fact that though Adichie is a part of third generation writing, within her writing she uses intertextuality and highlights phrases from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Such as : ''Things started to fall apart'' (pg 3) and ''Everything came tumbling down'' (pg 257). Additionally, as posited by Hewett, "Adichie's exploration of the interconnectedness of Christianity and patriarchy both reflects and revises Things Fall Apart."This goes to show that though Adichie chooses to build on modern aspects, she lays the foundation from the themes of Chinua Achebe and builds on them. However Deidre Lashgiri commends Adichie of changing the point of view as opposed to Achebe's. This is as it is effective in depicting the abuse they withstand through kambili's eyes as we receive a firsthand account of the abuse. Adding to that, Kambili's youthful character is effective as the reader appreciates the fact that her perspectives are unbiased. The article not only speaks to the coming of age due to the change in …show more content…

According to Hewett, ''After visiting her freethinking Aunt Ifeoma and her spirited cousins in Nsukka...The picture symbolizes not only her forbidden grandfather but also her aunt, her cousins, and father Amadi ,and with the expansion of her world she has begun to question her father's omnipotence,'' within this statement, is a strong point which emphasizes that Kambili's visit to Nsukka changes her drastically. In that she has the courage to take home a painting of her forbidden grandfather and disobeying his command, she too begins to question her father's omnipotence (pg 210). This experience shows her freedom and the picture symbolizes her growth. Even though he inflicts gruesome pain, this time she does not give in, she in turn clutches to the painting , which is symbolic of her defiance. Which is seen in the line " I curled around myself tighter, around the pieces of the painting; they were soft,"(pg211) this demonstrates her determination at gaining

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