Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Veronica revision mindmap
- Context
- Nigeria
- Political
- Part of a collection of stories
exploring the consequences of
political corruption and social
inequalities for ordinary
Nigerians.
- Author is political
activist, speaks out
against government
corruption in Nigeria
- Civil War
- Result of politics
- Ordinary Nigerians
are the victims
- Themes
Anlagen:
- Urban - vs- Rural
- Tradition -vs-modernity
- poverty - vs- wealth
- Education
- As an esacpe
- A Privilege
- Male preserve
- Knowledge = power
- Self determination
- Okeke takes his opportunities
- He thrives & succeeds
- He escapes
- Veronica rejects her opportunities
- Remains trapped
- impoverished
- suffers
- Dies
- Her choice
- Her fault
- Style and language features
Anlagen:
- First person narrator
- Limited viewpoint
- Okeke
- Male
- Educated
- Powerful
- Retrospective
- Relies on Okeke's memories
- Hindsight
- Dialogue
- Veronica shown as uneducated
- Has an intuitive intelligence which comes from experience
- Makes Okeke seem niave
- Okeke shown as progressive
- Offers Veronica a way out
- Seems idealistic
- Semms younger than Veronica