The Voter and Dead Men\'s Path

Chinua Achebes The Voter, and Dead handss Path, argon ii beautiful stories, where the writer embroidered the conflicts amid the sophisticated and the traditional kitchen-gardening of the society. detonator and Michael obeah are the two main characters of the stories. Michael seems to bind the upstart society. On the some other hand, Roof respects twain the in advance(p) and the traditional society. Although there are exquisite similarities in the characters of Roof and Michael Obi, there are also distinctions, which all(a)ow distributively person to stand on his own, and suit the problem of the modern and the traditional belief in a different way. By rejecting the traditional value or conforming the norm of some(prenominal) the traditional and modern value, Roof and Obi represent their individuality.\nboth Michael Obi and Roof face the new gainsays of a changing society, with enthusiasm. Michael Obi, who is in his twenties, is the pioneer of the modern society. He h as passion for modern methods (71). His dream came true a lot earlier than he expected. He gets a job as headmaster of Ndume Central inculcate because the Mission authorities heady to send a new-fangled and energetic man (70), to operate it. As soon as he gets the job, he starts make plans about the instills prosperity. He decides to establish a high standard of teaching. He also plans to make the school better place by beautifying it (72). He is ready to charge all his time and force to the school which manifests his enthusiasm. Likewise, Roof is other example of a unripe and restless person. Even though he has skills for bicycle repairing, he accepts a new challenge as an preference campaigner (14). Instead of having fear for a new job, he is affirmatory about it. According to the villagers dismantle of view, he became, a accepted expert in election campaigning at all levels- village, local government or national (14). An energetic and warm mentality helps both Obi and Roof to keep up their good wor...