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The Parable Story "Dead Men's Path"

In this short story "Dead Men's Path," Chinua Achebe gives the protagonist an exciting chance to fulfill his dream. Michael Obi was fixed officially headmaster of Ndume Central School, which was backward in every sense. He had to turn the school into a progressive one, however the school received a bad report when the supervisor came to inspect. Why did the school get a nasty report and Obi could not become a glorious headmaster even though he put his whole life into it? In order to find out the answer, we have to examine Michael Obi's personality and the event that made the supervisor to write an airier result.
Michael Obi was a secondary school teacher. "The Ndume Central School had always been an unprogressive, so the mission authorities decided to send a young and energetic man to run it" (331). Obi was a juvenile and a jaunty man. Within Obi's confidence, the reader can see his ardent desire. "He had many wonderful ideas and this was......

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