Writing Assignment # 1
This
essay should be submitted through the on-line service Turnitin at some
time before class at 10:40 on Thursday, January 13th. A hard copy
of the assignment should be turned in at class. No late papers will
be accepted. You can read about and access the Turnitin service at
the
following UF web-site:
http://lss.at.ufl.edu/services/turnitin/students.html
The password necessary to submit the exam to the account established
for this
class is: kano, and the class ID # is 1235890.
Consider
the essay question below and
respond in an essay of 3-4
double-spaced pages (750-1000 words).
Your work should be typed, double-spaced, and in 12-pt. font, with
margins no
greater
than 1” on all sides.
In
your opinion, does Achebe succeed in doing this with his
novel Things Fall Apart? Whether you argue
that he does or does not succeed, support your position through
reference to at least three
specific examples from the novel.
1) In
musing
about the role of the novelist as an educator, acclaimed Nigerian
writer Chinua
Achebe once wrote:
“I
would be
quite satisfied if my novels (especially the
ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their
past -
with all its imperfections - was not one long night of savagery from
which the
first Europeans acting on God’s behalf delivered them.”
*** Answers
will be graded on the clarity of your thought (as judged by the
strength of your thesis, argument, and evidence) and your writing.*** *** Be sure to use specific examples and
evidence from the reading to support your argument, and cite the
pages from which you draw your evidence or direct quotes in the
following format: (Achebe, p. 50).***