Nov 16, 2009

Dead Men’s Path | Dead Men’s Path

At a glance:

Author: Chinua Achebe
First Published: 1953
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: 1949
Setting: An Igbo village in southeastern Nigeria
Principal Characters: Michael Obi, Nancy Obi, The village priest
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: Tradition, Superstition, 1940’s, Missions or missionaries, Schools or school life, Christianity, Ambition, Church schools, Nigeria or Nigerians
Locales: Nigeria

The Story

Michael Obi's ambition is fulfilled when, at age twenty-six, he is appointed to whip into shape an unprogressive secondary school. Energetic, young, and idealistic as he is, Obi hopes to clean up the educational mission field and speed up its Christianizing mission. Already outspoken in his denigration of “the narrow views” and ways of “superannuated people in the teaching field,” he expects to make a good job of this grand opportunity and show people how a school should be run. He plans to institute modern methods and demand high standards of teaching, while...

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Dead Men’s Path | Dead Men’s Path

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