A Man of the People: Political Analyzation

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The book A Man of the People is a postcolonial view on politics that is written by the author Chinua Achebe. There is a set stage of corruption, embezzlement, adulatory and bribes which all tie to the political arena that is described in the book. The political office won is has been merely a tool for the politician to secure wealth and control over a society being robbed for the self interest one mans greed. There are modern aspects of political campaigning. This postcolonial palace as some of the modern technologies we have today and some that we do not use. There is some major political difference from what was analyzed in the other book written by Chinua Achebe called Things Fall Apart. There are also some traditional similarities between the two books like polygamy and ideology of honor.

Some of the more modern aspects are use of political parties and what they stand for. Some examples of such parties enlisted in the book are the P.O.P. which stands for Peoples Organization Party; another was the C.P.C which stands for Common Peoples Convention. It is comparable to the Dem...

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