https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu “I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past--with all its imperfections ---was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God’s behalf delivered them.” What do you think the Achebe quote means? en-us 2021-10-22 16:36:31 UTC 2025-12-25 23:55:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Wentz101 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864801944 I think Achebe's saying that Africans are much more than the savages Europeans depicted them as.]]> 2021-11-03 14:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864801944 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864803805 All Chinua Acheba wants to do is shed light on the truth about what it was actually like to live there, compared to how it was generally portrayed in stories and books.

]]> 2021-11-03 14:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864803805 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864804476 2021-11-03 14:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864804476 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864805333 Life was not all about the savergy from the Europeans. There was more to life then talked about in books.]]> 2021-11-03 14:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864805333 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864805947 I believe the goal of his books is to teach the readers about the history of Africa and not simply, "The Europeans arrived and established the Atlantic slave trade.".]]> 2021-11-03 14:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864805947 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808176 I believe that the quote means that Chima Achebe is saying that, he would be happy if his novels taught their readers that their past was not only miserably and gloomy. I also believe he is saying that he wants his novels to show how the Europeans did not "save" the from what misery existed.]]> 2021-11-03 14:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808176 24lhesselrobinson https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808453 Achebe's quote means that he wants his novels to educate people on the truth of Africa's vibrant culture, which had been blotted out by European colonialism.]]> 2021-11-03 14:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808453 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808602 I think Chinua tries to show what it was like living as an African and try to help the reader understand what they had to go through compared to people today.]]> 2021-11-03 14:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864808602 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810005 I believe that quote means that history is a long diverse period of time & that one perspective or story doesn't sufficiently teach that. He's saying that he would be happy if his books were able to show people a different history than the one sided, white european, version of history we've all be taught.]]> 2021-11-03 14:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810005 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810308
Achebe's quote attempts to explain his writings remind people the past wasn't just violence.                              ]]> 2021-11-03 14:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810308 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810975 I think Achebe's quote means that he wants people to learn the truth about what has happened in Africa when Europeans arrived rather than what other writers have told and lied about.]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864810975 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864811975 Achede believes that if his novel has changed the readers' perspective, a perspective blinded to the idea that it was only violence and irrationality between Africans and Europeans, then the novel has served its purpose.]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864811975 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864812821 I think that his quote implies that he wants his readers to learn from the past and be aware that everything isn't at face value. He wants the reader to be aware that the ways of the past are wrong but not everything should be taken how its written.]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864812821 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813028 I think Achebe means that he wants readers to learn more about the background of the Africans instead of purely just focusing on what the Europeans have done.]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813028 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813075 I feel like this quote means that Achebe wants the readers biggest take away from his books, to be the about Africa from his and other African's povs; Not the version we are taught in school from Europeans perspectives. ]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813075 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813097  Chinua Achebe was trying o explain how his readers perceive his books set in the past to be savagery and that's not what he was trying to convey in his books. Achebe wants his readers to notice the African culture from the past based on his books, yet they're blinded by what the Europeans had to say. ]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813097 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813235 I think Achebe hopes his books will educate people about African culture beyond European colonialism from the perspective of African society, and erase many of the negative stereotypes portraying Africans crafted by Europeans.]]> 2021-11-03 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864813235 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864814472 I believe that Achebe wants to shed light on how life was to him and his other countrymen and how they weren't savages, going against what the European settlers said.]]> 2021-11-03 14:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864814472 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864816738 I believe that Achebe is trying to say that the truth about things are not necessarily so one-sided, and his book is using African history and culture as an example.]]> 2021-11-03 14:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864816738 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864821400 For me Chinua wants us to view Africa from a real Africans who were birth there and grew up there their whole life not from foreigners who came to visit and mix up interviews from others.]]> 2021-11-03 14:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864821400 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864821602 I think Chinua is saying that he hope his novels teaches his readers more about life , and that it wasn't just about the Europeans and their relgions.]]> 2021-11-03 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864821602 24astewart1 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864823172 I think that his books was to teach his readers that in the past everyone was blinded by the europeans perspective and
shine the spotlight on the africans culture and history]]> 2021-11-03 14:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864823172 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864824227 I think that Achebe says that he would be satisfied if his book shined light on the true history of many Africans, contrary to the Europeans perspective on their history.]]> 2021-11-03 14:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1864824227 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443298 In my opinion, I think what he means by that quote is that he hopes his books gives readers a different perspective of the past so they won't just know what was told by the Europeans. He wants people to know the other side of the story.]]> 2021-11-03 17:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443298 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443372 I believe that his quotes and motive is to have readers learn from the past and not think as one-sided as history may seem. He acknowledges that things in the past were wrong but wishes again that the views on history were not as one-sided. For example, he uses the European perspective which blinded the African history which he then reveals in detail. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443372 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443387 2021-11-03 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865443387 24mbraccia https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444189 I think that he wants to let the readers know that there is more to what they read. He wants the readers to take things in from a different view, and understand that there is so much more to their history than what is covered in a more mainstream sense]]> 2021-11-03 17:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444189 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444214 I think Achebe is trying to say that he wants his novels to teach its readers all of what actually happened whether its good or bad instead of teaching them about one bad night]]> 2021-11-03 17:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444214 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444905 Achebe would simply be satisfied if his literature (ones about the past) taught readers that the African perspective on English colonization is much different than what we believe and that African culture has much more beauty that needs to be explored and seen. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865444905 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865447094 I believe that Achebe's quote implies that there is more to the past than just violence. He wants people to know about Africa's past and not just what Europeans depicted them to be. He wants his novels to tell people about the good things and bad things from what he knows not from what the Europeans think they know. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865447094 24epatterson https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865447560 I think it means that he would like his readers to understand how life in africa really was, and not how it is described by europeans. He does acknowledge that they have made mistakes, but they aren't savages]]> 2021-11-03 17:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865447560 24mfarley https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865450091 I believe that Chinua Achebe was trying to bring light on the perception of history along with its accuracy when it is told by one point of view. Achebe wants readers to educate themselves truly on the history that is frequently misled and one-sided. ]]> 2021-11-03 17:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865450091 https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865846473 I believe that Achebe's quote conveys how he wants his novels to shine light on how the Europeans imperfections in the past led to more than a savagery past for others.]]> 2021-11-03 21:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amanser/v68s95zppphp9zfu/wish/1865846473