Questions

1. What did Chinua Achebe learn from Mister Johnson?

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: What did Chinua Achebe learn from Mister Johnson?
2. According to Achebe, what are the three reasons for becoming a writer? Which one do you think is most important? Why?

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: According to Achebe, what are the three reasons for becoming a writer? Which one do you think is most important? Why?
3. In paragraph 3, Achebe analyzes the sources of Joyce Cary’s impressions of Africa. What are they? Achebe says in paragraph 3 that “a good writer might outgrow [the] influences” of prejudice. Do you agree? Explain your response.

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: In paragraph 3, Achebe analyzes the sources of Joyce Cary’s impressions of Africa. What are they? Achebe says in paragraph 3 that “a good writer might outgrow [the] influences” of prejudice. Do you agree? Explain your response.
4. How does Achebe’s attitude toward The Africa That Never Was differ from his attitude toward the contemporaneous West Africa?

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: How does Achebe’s attitude toward The Africa That Never Was differ from his attitude toward the contemporaneous West Africa?
5. Among the books he lists in paragraph 9, Achebe includes one of his own, Things Fall Apart. Achebe took the title from a line in a poem by the Irish poet W. B. Yeats. Explain the significance of this.

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: Among the books he lists in paragraph 9, Achebe includes one of his own, Things Fall Apart. Achebe took the title from a line in a poem by the Irish poet W. B. Yeats. Explain the significance of this.
6. Read paragraph 10 carefully, noting that it is one sentence. What statement does Achebe make there about the “derogatory narrative”? Paraphrase his thesis.

   Chapter 13 - 7. from The Empire Fights Back - Questions: Read paragraph 10 carefully, noting that it is one sentence. What statement does Achebe make there about the “derogatory narrative”? Paraphrase his thesis.