“Many individuals struggle with ghosts from their past.” Write a composition with clear illustrations from the short story ‘Ghosts’ by Chimamanda Adichie to validate this statement.
Introduction
Most individuals in the society usually struggle to overcome some the past experiences that they have undergone. This leaves them traumatized for most parts of their lives. Chimamanda Adichie’s short story ‘Ghosts’ bring out characters and situations where people struggle to cope with the experiences they had undergone. For instances, Professor James Nwoye cannot let go what experiences he has goes as a result of the Biafran war.
Points of Interpretation.
(i) Ikenna Okoro, who was thought to have died during the war, has unexpectedly returned as a "ghost" of his former self. James describes Ikenna as a prominent voice against widespread corruption, and also presumably for Biafran independence. When they meet, Prof James Nwoye describes him a man who has become discoloured, dotted with brown age spots. His laughter is ‘… seemed discoloured, hollow, nothing like the aggressive sound tht reverberated all over the Staff Club in those days, …’
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