Question 11
NECO
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2019
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
In the excerpt from Chinua Achebe's *Things Fall Apart* and the excerpt from Joseph Conrad's *Heart of Darkness*, both protagonists confront the collapse of traditional authority. Identify the specific narrative technique each author uses to reveal this collapse, and explain how the technique shapes the reader's perception of the protagonists' authority.
Answer Options
A.
Achebe employs flashbacks interwoven with Igbo folklore to suggest Okonkwo's growing authority, whereas Conrad utilizes an epistolary structure with a reliable narrator (Marlow's letters) to show Kurtz's unwavering authority.
B.
Achebe uses a first‑person diary format combined with oral storytelling to highlight Okonkwo's diminishing authority, while Conrad relies on a linear third‑person narrator to illustrate Kurtz's steady authority.
Correct Answer
C.
Achebe uses the insertion of Igbo proverbs together with a third‑person omniscient narrator to expose Okonkwo's loss of authority, whereas Conrad employs a framed narrative with an unreliable narrator (Marlow's recounting) to portray Kurtz's disintegration of authority.
D.
Achebe's narrative relies on stream‑of‑consciousness narration and symbolic animal motifs to depict Okonkwo's loss of power, while Conrad uses a circular narrative with a detached narrator to portray Kurtz's moral decline.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Achebe uses the insertion of Igbo proverbs together with a third‑person omniscient narrator to expose Okonkwo's loss of authority, whereas Conrad employs a framed narrative with an unreliable narrator (Marlow's recounting) to portray Kurtz's disintegration of authority.
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2019
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2019
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