Things Fall Apart Argumentative Analysis

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Argument Preparation #1:
Nwoye sees technological advancements as good, not bad.
The Christian culture advancements are symbols of technology.
Nwoye uses “technology” as an escape from his culture’s pressures- or well, past culture’s pressures- so it seems logical that he would take a slight middle consensus on the matter and say that technology might be distracted, but not necessarily bad.
So, in answer to the questions, technology can be a distraction, but it also depends on the concentration capacity of individuals. For example, a certain person might be able to set their phone down while doing homework and completely ignore the buzzes, while someone else might not. Just how some people in Things Fall Apart were able to resist the temptations of the …show more content…

Nwoye is a boy who wants to be taught. He will see education and exploration as his top priorities. Just like how he took the opportunity to be educated in Things Fall Apart, even though it meant leaving his family behind.
Since this question is technically about science and medicine, perhaps Nwoye would’ve researched why people have twins? After all, Nwoye was disturbed when he heard the twins crying in the evil forest. When I think about it, Nwoye might even stumble across the subject of abortion in this time period, and do research on that. He’s a very moral and ethical person, so he’d probably be investigating today’s approaches on morals and what contradicts them.
So in summary; if Nwoye had unlimited resources, he would probably investigate anything he can educate himself on, the Bible, and any moral/ethical contradictions that either he has experienced, or people are experiencing today.

Argument Preparation #4:
No. Voting should not be mandatory. It’s forcing people to make a decision, forcing people out of their freedom, which is not what U.S. is