Essay Draft Two
Jessie Wang
May 9, 2007
Draft Two
Title
Born and raised in the Igbo village of Ogidi, Chinua Achebe was fascinated by the folktales and rituals of tribal life. After the British gained control of Nigeria, the conflicts between Igbo people and Christians caught Chinua’s attention. Thus, he wrote the story “Dead Men’s Path” to reveal the fact that the British governors thought Christianity was superior to Igbo culture, causing the conflict between the two sides. In the story, Michael Obi, a symbol of British governors, took charge of a school in a tribal area. He closed down the only path that connected the village shrine with their place of burial, which was across the school. This act aroused the local people’s dissatisfaction to him, which caused a serious result. The school garden was mentioned several times in the story, which aroused my curiosity: what is the school garden a symbol for?
Do you have the picture in mind what the gardens look like after a thin drizzle? The raindrops tap the trees on their shoulders. The leaves start to wave and sing. The buds begin to nod and grin. Everything in the garden looks so fresh. Along with the flowers in the school garden, also Nancy Obi’s dream-garden, starting to wake up, Michael Obi was one step closer to realize his dream, becoming a marvelous headmaster and educator: he was given a grand opportunity, being appointed headmaster of Ndume Central School. His hopes were fulfilled much earlier than he expected and he was confident that he would make a good job of it. (52) He thought that it was his chance to show the older and less-educated headmasters in the mission field how a school should be run. (53) The seeded hopes start to bud.
The flowers in the garden grow and blossom very fast after the spring rain, showing off their bright colors and wonderful shapes. Michael Obi put his whole life to insisting upon a high standard of teaching and turning the school compound into a place of beauty, which achieved a small success. (53) Nancy Obi’s dream-gardens came to life and blossomed: the marigold flowerbed, the hibiscus and allamanda in the school garden hedged in brilliant red and yellow. (53) Everything was becoming modern and delightful. The budded hopes begin to grow.
It’s many people’s nightmare that they wake up in the morning to see their carefully planted gardens ruined after a heavy shower in the previous night. That’s how the Obis felt when they woke up to find that the beautiful hedges were torn up, the flowers were trampled to death and one of the school buildings was pulled down. The cause of the damage was Michael Obi’s disrespect for the local tradition and culture, closing down a path in the school that the local people believed to be the footpath by which their dead relatives depart, their ancestors visit them and their children coming in to be born. His reason was that it was “against regulations” and that the school compound was not a thoroughfare. During the negotiation with the village priest of Anni, he showed no understanding of the local residents’ feelings and decided to take his own course. This infuriated the local people. To show their anger, the local people destroyed Obi’s garden and damaged his important “school compound”. Obi’s rudeness not only caused the damage of Obi’s school compound, but also lead to a poor report by the Supervisor. The hard-earned opportunity was lost immediately. The flowered hopes failed in one night.
Thus, as I see it, the school garden is a symbol for Michael Obi’s hope and his fate.
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Jessie Wang May 9, 2007 Draft Two Title Born and raised in the Igbo village of Ogidi, Chinua Achebe was fascinated by the folktales and rituals of tribal life. After the British gained control of Nigeria, the conflicts between Igbo people and Christians caught Chinua’s attention. Thus, he wrote the story “Dead Men’s Path” to reveal the fact that the British governors thought Christianity was superior to Igbo culture, causing the conflict between the two sides. In the story, Michael Obi, a symbol of British governors, took charge of a school in a tribal area. He closed down the only path that connected the village shrine with their place of burial, which was across the school. This act aroused the local people’s dissatisfaction to him, which caused a serious result. The school garden was mentioned several times in the story, which aroused my curiosity: what is the school garden a symbol for? Do you have the picture in mind what the gardens look like after a thin drizzle? The raindrops tap the trees on their shoulders. The leaves start to wave and sing. The buds begin to nod and grin. Everything in the garden looks so fresh. Along with the flowers in the school garden, also Nancy Obi’s dream-garden, starting to wake up, Michael Obi was one step closer to realize his dream, becoming a marvelous headmaster and educator: he was given a grand opportunity, being appointed headmaster of Ndume Central School. His hopes were fulfilled much earlier than he expected and he was confident that he would make a good job of it. (52) He thought that it was his chance to show the older and less-educated headmasters in the mission field how a school should be run. (53) The seeded hopes start to bud. The flowers in the garden grow and blossom very fast after the spring rain, showing off their bright colors and wonderful shapes. Michael Obi put his whole life to insisting upon a high standard of teaching and turning the school compound into a place of beauty, which achieved a small success. (53) Nancy Obi’s dream-gardens came to life and blossomed: the marigold flowerbed, the hibiscus and allamanda in the school garden hedged in brilliant red and yellow. (53) Everything was becoming modern and delightful. The budded hopes begin to grow. It’s many people’s nightmare that they wake up in the morning to see their carefully planted gardens ruined after a heavy shower in the previous night. That’s how the Obis felt when they woke up to find that the beautiful hedges were torn up, the flowers were trampled to death and one of the school buildings was pulled down. The cause of the damage was Michael Obi’s disrespect for the local tradition and culture, closing down a path in the school that the local people believed to be the footpath by which their dead relatives depart, their ancestors visit them and their children coming in to be born. His reason was that it was “against regulations” and that the school compound was not a thoroughfare. During the negotiation with the village priest of Anni, he showed no understanding of the local residents’ feelings and decided to take his own course. This infuriated the local people. To show their anger, the local people destroyed Obi’s garden and damaged his important “school compound”. Obi’s rudeness not only caused the damage of Obi’s school compound, but also lead to a poor report by the Supervisor. The hard-earned opportunity was lost immediately. The flowered hopes failed in one night. Thus, as I see it, the school garden is a symbol for Michael Obi’s hope and his fate. |
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