Essay Draft Three
Jessie Wang
June 14, 2007
Trial Draft Three
Garden & Hope
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. (52) 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 led to serious results. The school garden was mentioned several times in the story, which aroused the readers' 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 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 with his wife Nancy Obi, whose dreams of owning a beautiful garden came to life at the same time. (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 charming 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 bloom.
It's many people's nightmare when 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. He closed down a path in the school that the local people believed to be the footpath by which their dead relatives depart, their ancestors call at and their children coming in to be born. His reason was simply 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 led to a poor report by the Supervisor. The hard-earned opportunity was lost immediately. The blossomed hopes failed in one night.
Now, readers can tell that the school garden is a symbol for Michael Obi's hope. Moreover, the Obis' fate was closely related to the destiny of the school garden. The Obis' decisions determined the fate of the school garden, while at the same time what the garden went through interacted on the Obis' destiny. They went through all the ups and downs together with the garden. The ruined school garden can be redecorated, but so precious an opportunity would not be given to Michael Obi at least for a very long time. Once the flower fades, it will never be back.
Work Cited
Achebe, Chinua. "Dead Men's Path." 1953. Rpt. in The International Story: An Anthology with Guidelines for Reading and Writing about Fiction. Ruth Spack. New York: St. Martin's, 1994. 6-8.
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Jessie Wang June 14, 2007 Trial Draft Three Garden & Hope 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. (52) 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 led to serious results. The school garden was mentioned several times in the story, which aroused the readers' 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 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 with his wife Nancy Obi, whose dreams of owning a beautiful garden came to life at the same time. (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 charming 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 bloom. It's many people's nightmare when 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. He closed down a path in the school that the local people believed to be the footpath by which their dead relatives depart, their ancestors call at and their children coming in to be born. His reason was simply 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 led to a poor report by the Supervisor. The hard-earned opportunity was lost immediately. The blossomed hopes failed in one night. Now, readers can tell that the school garden is a symbol for Michael Obi's hope. Moreover, the Obis' fate was closely related to the destiny of the school garden. The Obis' decisions determined the fate of the school garden, while at the same time what the garden went through interacted on the Obis' destiny. They went through all the ups and downs together with the garden. The ruined school garden can be redecorated, but so precious an opportunity would not be given to Michael Obi at least for a very long time. Once the flower fades, it will never be back. Work Cited Achebe, Chinua. "Dead Men's Path." 1953. Rpt. in The International Story: An Anthology with Guidelines for Reading and Writing about Fiction. Ruth Spack. New York: St. Martin's, 1994. 6-8. |
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