Instructions for Paper: The
Title of the book The River Between
For this paper, you will need to have read The River Between by Ngugi Wa Thiong.
Throughout the book, Ngugi gives us a rich and detailed description of village
life in Africa. He describes the villages of Kameno and Makuyu. Yet, beyond his
descriptions, Ngugi is struggling with some really important issues such as
tradition versus modernization, the power of education, the practice of female
circumcision, and change. For this paper, I would like you to give me an
analysis of what Ngugi is trying to say through this story. That is, what
position is Ngugi
taking in regard to the issues presented in the book? What is going to happen to
Wiyaki and Nyambura? Why does he end it this way? What is his message and who is
it aimed at? Use examples from the book to support your ideas. The paper should
be focused on the questions that I have outlined above. The best papers will use
evidence directly from the text to support their arguments.
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