Chinua Achebe's Anger at Joseph Term Paper

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A doubt anyone can completely ignore racial issues. America is not as racist as it was in 1963, but there's still enough to go around. However, I understand Elena's mother and Eugene's mother better than I do Chinua Achebe's anger at Joseph Conrad. Conrad wrote his book in a very racist time. Achebe acknowledges that we all grow up within a culture whether we recognize it or not. He says of a student that "... The life of his own tribesmen in Yonkers, New York, is full of odd customs and superstitions...." (p. 107) He is offended that others do not recognize the richness of the Nigerian culture he grew up in. In all fairness to the student, how could the student know? It is not the student's fault that African history was left out of the young man's history classes.

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Perhaps Achebe doesn't realize that when he wrote his speech, in 1975, European-American students who read Heart of Darkness would be appalled at how Africans are portrayed in that book.

Elena's mother was afraid that Eugene would use her. Eugene's mother was afraid he would take Elena seriously. Both attitudes show prejudice. I know that even in 2005 both mothers would be right or wrong, depending on the individuals involved. Reading Achebe's essay shows us just how deep the prejudice is we have had to overcome. Seeing how racist people could be when Conrad wrote his novel, the reactions of the mothers in Ortiz-Comer's story seem both mild and historically, understandable.

We could point at both examples, and moan that we will never conquer prejudice, but I prefer to try to follow Elena's and Eugene's….....

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