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sandrabudi
sandrabudi
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High School - 10th Grade

Why does Achebe say, "We lived at the crossroads of cultures"?

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Posted by sandrabudi on Monday October 13, 2008 at 6:54 PM and tagged with dead mens path, dead men’s path, quotations.

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  1. kwoo1213 Teacher
    College - Freshman

    eNotes Editor

    In this piece of literature, you have the dichotomy of the newer, modern world with its new school and more modern facilities and its administration and new ways of thinking compared to the old world of the villagers who still had very strong and genuine religious and spiritual beliefs.  The clash between those two worlds was a resounding one.  The shift from the old world to the newer, more modernized ways was a huge one and it had big consequences. The protagonist of the story, unfortunately, did not respect the villagers and their ancient ways; he should have realized that the two worlds could co-exist with a little thing called COMPROMISE.

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    Posted by kwoo1213 on Tuesday October 14, 2008 at 8:16 PM