What is the relationship between storytelling and power, and what are the implications of this relationship? Support your argument using evidence from Things Fall Apart as well as one rhetorical text.

Things Fall Apart

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Prompt: What is the relationship between storytelling and power, and what are the implications of this relationship? Support your argument using evidence from Things Fall Apart as well as one rhetorical text. Your essay must:

• Make an argument about the relationship between storytelling and power
• Analyze Achebe’s use of literary devices and effects as a means of defending your argument.
• Articulate the broader implications of the relationship between storytelling and power.
• Discuss how your argument relates to one of the rhetorical texts we studied in this unit.

In your response you should do the following:

• Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation of the implications of the relationship between storytelling and power.

• Build context for Things Fall Apart by previewing the social and historical context for both the novel.

• Provide evidence to support your line of reasoning.

• 0 2+ quotes or examples per body paragraph; 1 quote / example should be craft-based.

• Explain how Achebe’s use of craft, technique or structure in the evidence supports your line of reasoning.

• Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument