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In at least one hundred words, discuss how achebe employs language— particularly dialogue—to give a vivid picture of the igbo culture. use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, is written in quite a fascinating way. Regardless of the language employed (English), he succeeds in getting the cadence of the Ibo people, and this is done by the use of dialogue. Achebe is characterized by his simplicity, directness and focus on nature. The goal is to make use of language to describe the way the Ibo see their world.

Achbe does not describe things too much. We can find a good example of this use of language in this brief story, where men constantly interrupt each other while giving an idea about the reason why the Umuike market is so full of people. These stories represent the way the people interact.

"The market in Umuike is a wonderful place,” said the young man who had been sent by Obierika to buy the giant goat. “There are so many people on it that if you throw up a grain of sand it would not find a way to fall to earth again.

“It is the result of great medicine,” said Obierika. “The people of Umuike wanted their market to grow and swallow up their market and their neighbors. So they made a powerful medicine […]

“And so everybody comes,” said another man, “honest men and thieves. They can steal your cloth from off your waist in the market.”

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Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, is written in quite a fascinating way. Regardless of the language employed (English), he succeeds in getting the Ibo people's cadence, and this is done by the use of dialogue. Achebe is characterized by his simplicity, directness, and focus on nature. The goal is to make use of language to describe the way the Ibo see their world. Achebe does not describe things too much. We can find a good example of this use of language in this brief story, where men constantly interrupt each other while giving an idea about the reason why the Umuike market is so full of people. These stories represent the way people interact.

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its structered sequentially i think

Answer from: Quest

wrong! the answer is c.

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