STORY 4 - Ozioma the Wicked by Nnedi Okorafor
R A T I N G - 4/5
GENRE - FANTASY
CHAPTERS/STORIES READ - 4 STORIES AND INTRO (1 - 77 Pg.)
GENRE - FANTASY
CHAPTERS/STORIES READ - 4 STORIES AND INTRO (1 - 77 Pg.)
Q: How has the author used their own personal life in what you read?
I think the author has used her personal life in the story by revolving it around a typical African childhood which she could have experienced. It describes life of a pre-teen village girl, Ozioma, and the impression she makes on the locals after they find out she holds unnatural powers. Further more, it significantly shows that not just her family begins to look at her as a burden by being able to speak to snakes, decreasing Ozioma's social value. Similarly, the particular village atmosphere and attitudes of people from areas of such traditional values could have been something the author had learnt by growing in a similar location. The knowledge she would have gained just by being brought up like Ozioma I think has helped her in predetermining the reactions of people and their acceptance to things out of the ordinary, thus close-minded and quick to judge.Along with this, the author personal life may have effected her word choice and descriptive language because she had immersed in the same one herself. For example, “…the day the spitting cobra down the giant kapok tree in the middle of the village…” (Pg 64), the author can name the common species of flora and fauna that can be founds. All in all, Nnedi Okorafor has applied aspects of her own life in the story.
MLA REFERENCING -
Headley, Maria Dahvana, and Nnedi Okorafor. "Ozioma the Wicked." Unnatural Creatures. Comp. Neil Gaiman. Ed. Briony Morrow-Cribbs. New York: Harper, 2013. 60-77. Print.
MLA REFERENCING -
Headley, Maria Dahvana, and Nnedi Okorafor. "Ozioma the Wicked." Unnatural Creatures. Comp. Neil Gaiman. Ed. Briony Morrow-Cribbs. New York: Harper, 2013. 60-77. Print.