Themes in Unseen prose
Several themes and quotes from a variety of unseen prose which span a large time frame.
Includes
- Atonement
-Things Fall Apart
- Oranges are no the only fruit
-Small Island
- Created by: Lissimay
- Created on: 19-02-19 19:28
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- Themes in Unseen Texts
- God
- OANTOF
- Sunday was the Lords day, the most vigorous day of the week.
- Small Island
- Considered myself a civilizing influence
- Atonement
- Oh God.I'm Sorry.
- Things Fall Apart
- It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic.
- OANTOF
- Punishment
- OANTOF-
- I'm not having demons here
- Small Island-
- Made me smile to think of that ragged bunch of illiterates wanting to run their own country.
- Things Fall Apart-
- Constant nagging and beating. And so Nwoye was developing into a sad faced youth.
- Atonement-
- Still she shrank away. One elbow was resting on the shelves,and seemed to slide along them, as though about to disappear into the books.
- OANTOF-
- Recompense
- OANTOF
- so she did the next best thing and arranged for a foundling
- Things Fall Apart
- And so he feigned that he no longer cared for women's stories... his father was pleased, and no longer rebuked or beat him.
- Small Island
- The lord moves in mysterious ways- his wonders to perform.
- Atonement
- She could have sent him packing from the front door and now there was a chance of giving an explanation before he left
- OANTOF
- Sacrifice
- OANTOF-
- Thhe pastor shook his head and declared me one of the people in Hebrews, to whom it was impossible to speak the truth.
- Small Island
- It was a mission, a calling even a duty.
- Things Fall Apart
- he wanted him to have enough in his barn to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices.
- Atonement
- There was a chance of giving and explanation before he left.
- OANTOF-
- Religion
- OANTOF
- She was the Old Testament through and through
- Small Island
- Marriage was a sanctity. Witnessed by God, it was not to be entered idly or ill-advised
- Things Fall Apart
- ruling his Father's household when he was dead and gone to join his ancestors
- Atonement
- She turned aside and made a steeple of her hands to enclose her nose and mouth and pressed fingers into the corners of her eyes.
- OANTOF
- Sin
- OANTOF
- The Devil looks after his own' she threw back, pushing me out.
- Atonement
- I'd be perfectly happy never seeing or speaking to you again.
- Things Fall Apart
- Nwoye knew that it was right to be masculine and to be violent.
- Small Island
- Darkies! I'd taken in darkies next door to him.
- OANTOF
- Guilt
- OANTOF
- If i went to Katy's there would be problems for her, and all my relatives,like most relatives,were revolting
- Atonement
- It was a stupid thing. You were never meant to read it.No one was.
- Things Fall Apart
- Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man
- Small Island
- Once i could not tell a lie... I had now become skilled in the art
- OANTOF
- God
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