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Political Corruption And Symbolism In Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi’s Half Of A Yellow Sun And Okey Ndibe’s Arrows Of Rain
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Electoral
Fraud is the illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts
of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result whether
by increasing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both.
Embezzlement, abuse of office etc.
Arnold saw corruption as
receiving or offering of money or other advantages in return for
contract, acquiring an opportunity, unqualified favor, pervasion of
Justice, leading ahead of a queue and the likes. He saw corruption as
poverty in juxtaposition to great wealth and luxury or crook in order to
live big.
A symbol is an object that represents, stands for or
suggests an idea, belief, action, or material entity. Symbols take the
form of words, sounds gestures or visual images and are used to convey
ideas and beliefs.
It‟s also a sign, shape or object which is used to represent something else.
Symbol
is seen in every culture, religion and society. This makes symbol
universally acceptable in the sense that it does not exist in one
society and is absent in another. There are cultural and religious
symbols. Cultural symbols are seen in language, traditional attire, and
tribal marks, sacred objects of ancestral qualities; like “ofo†in Igbo
culture as the communion of the ancestors. In Igbo culture, grey hair is
a symbol of old age and should attain contesy and respect, proverb also
in Igbo society are symbolic because they are embodiment of wisdom and
tradition.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Political corruption is the abuse of political powers by the government leaders to extract and accumulate for private gain.
Corruption has eaten deep into the system and has destroyed lives and communities and undermines countries and institutions.
The legacy and practices of corruption in different level of ethnic groups leads to war which leaves painful memory behind.
The attempt to create a common understanding has led to the research of this project work.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
purpose of this paper is to identify the cause of political corruption,
its consequences, find a way to prevent it and effect a change. There
are also issues were readers find it difficult to identify the presence
of symbols in Nigerian fiction and also to understand its meaning the
study of this work is to emphasis more on its way out.
SCOPE OF STUDY
The
project is the study of political corruption and symbolism and it is
mainly focused on two novels: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie and Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe and other relevant literary
work of some other Nigerian and African writers and commentaries on
corruption and symbolism.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This research
paper will help inform readers who have interest in political corruption
and symbolism with the help of using Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie
Chimamanda and Okey Ndibe‟s Arrows of Rain.
This work will expose
how the governments corrupt the society, what happened before, during
and after the Biafran War and military rule and how it affected the live
of the masses.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The main sources of this
project are the factual analysis of the two novels Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Adichie and Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe.
Other sources of research are from the library, texts, the internet, Journal and reviews of related texts.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project work is on political corruption and symbolism. This project work brings out the corrupt practices by politicians and military rulers. To also brings out the symbols used in the novels. Chapter one is an introduction on political corruption in Nigeria and the way the military took over and ruled Nigeria. Chapter two is on the related literature review, chapter three is on political corruption and symbolism in Adichie Chumamanda Ngozi Half of a yellow Sun. Chapter four is on the polit ... Continue reading---
