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JUVINELIAN SATIRE--DARK SATIRE: attacks individuals, organizations, and governments to expose hypocrisy and moral transgressions.

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JUVINELIAN SATIRE--DARK SATIRE: attacks individuals, organizations, and governments to expose hypocrisy and moral transgressions.

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"Obinze looked up and saw Ferdinand, a stocky acquaintance of Chief's who had run for governor in the last elections, had lost, and, as all losing politicians did, had gone to court to challenge the results."

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"'...The houses are rotten and termites are eating the roofs. But they are selling them for. I am going to buy seven properties for 5 million each. You know what they are listed for in the books? One million. You know what the real worth is? Fifty Million.' Chief paused... 'I need somebody to front this deal.""

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"Yemi had studied English at university and Obinze asked him what books he liked, keen to talk about something interesting at last, but he soon realized that, for Yemi, a book sis not qualify as literature unless it had polysyllabic word and incomprehensible passages."
Obinze was saddened bc Yemi didn't even know that he was so poorly educated.
Represents the lack of education in their society.

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MENIPPEAN SATIRE: satirizes individual character flaws, personality traits, and mental attitudes like racism, homophobia...

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MENIPPEAN SATIRE: satirizes individual character flaws, personality traits, and mental attitudes like racism, homophobia...

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"...he once asked why her best friend from university...hardly visited them, and Kosi said "She's still single," as thought that was a self-evident reason."

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"'You must send her to the French school. They are very good, very rigorous.'... 'The French school is not bad, but I prefer Sidcot Hall. They teach the complete British curriculum."

This fighting over two schools is ironic as without the corruption of the government, Obinze's child would be subject to the same struggles as every other less fortunate kid in Nigeria.

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Kosi eyes bulged . she moved forward fora moment ,as though to attack the girl  in some way  and then  stopped . pleas carry ypur bags and go now/now ," she said.
the  girl shifted , looking a litttle surprised , and then she picked up her bags and turned to the  door . After she left , Kosi said " can you believe  that nonsense darling ? she cmae here with condoms and she actually opened her mouth to sya that rubbbish . Can you belive it ?
Her formmer employer rpaped her so she decided to protect herself this time ," Obinze said . Kois stared at him " You feel sorry for her . You dont know these house girls . How cna you feel sorry for her .

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The flats were in fact already rented by an oil company, but he
sometimes told her senseless lies such as this, because a part of him
hoped she would ask a question or challenge him, though he knew she
would not, because all she wanted was to make sure the conditions of
their life remained the same, and how he made that happen she left
entirely to him.

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"...he had told her about an attractive banker who had come to his office to talk... 'Darling your secretary should not let any of these bank marketing girls come into your office!' Kosi had said, as though she seemed to no longer see him, Obinze, and instead saw blurred figures, classic types: a wealthy man, a female banker who had been given a target deposit amount, an easy exchange. Kosi expected him to cheat..."

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"He watched the other men at the party bow, too, clustering around Chief, jostling to out laugh one another when Chief made a joke."

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"Kosi led the way around the room, hugging mend women she barely knew.... with exaggerated respect, basking in the attention her face drew but flattening her personality so that her beauty did nit threaten. She praised a woman's hair, another's dress, a man's tie. She said, "we thank God often." When a woman asked in an accusing tone, "what cream do you use on your face? How can one person have this kind of perfect skin?" Kosi laughed graciously and promised to send the woman a text message with details of her skin-care routine."

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"On Sundays, she would invite all his relatives...and then watch over to make sure everyone was suitably overfed."

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"They fascinated him, the unsubtle cowering of the almost rich in the
presence of the rich, and the rich in the presence of the very rich; to
have money, it seemed, was to be consumed by money. Obinze felt
repulsion and longing; he pitied them, but he also imagined being like them. One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked
haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys
growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp.
Obinze was not sure what exactly had happened, but somebody had
upset Chief, a gap had opened, and as soon as they were alone, he
said, “Chief, if there is something I can help you do, please tell me.
You can depend on me.” His own words surprised him"

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She had never called him The Zed, as his friends did. “Why do you call him Ceiling anyway?” his friend Okwudiba once asked her, on one of those languorous days after first semester exams. ...[She] said, “Because he is so tall his head touches the ceiling, can’t you see?”

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HORATIAN SATIRE: light mockery, mostly for entertainment.

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HORATIAN SATIRE: light mockery, mostly for entertainment.

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"He had only to drive to a gate
in his BMW and the gatemen would salute and open it for him,
without asking questions. Even the American embassy was different.
He had been refused a visa years ago, when he was newly graduated
and drunk with American ambitions, but with his new bank
statements, he easily got a visa. On his first trip, at the airport in
Atlanta, the immigration officer was chatty and warm, asking him,
“So how much cash you got?” When Obinze said he didn’t have much, the man looked surprised. “I see Nigerians like you declaring
thousands and thousands of dollars all the time.”

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"'You must send her to the French school. They are very good, very rigorous.'... 'The French school is not bad, but I prefer Sidcot Hall. They teach the complete British curriculum." 

This fighting over two schools is ironic as without the corruption of the government, Obinza's child would be subject to the same struggles as every other less fortunate kid in Nigeria.

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MENIPPEAN SATIRE: satirizes individual character flaws, personality traits, and mental attitudes like racism, homophobia...