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Identify key passages in the text that describe Obi’s experience as a university student in England. How did these years form him? How did his experience reinforce his sense of identity?
Obi believes that education can battle corruption. How does he justify this view? Do his ideas change through the course of the story? Why does the novel establish his downfall at the opening of the story?
How does the narrative illustrate the position of women in Nigerian colonial society? What are the differences between gender roles? How do socio-cultural tensions impact them?
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