is the indicative plan of studying the book
I. Introduction Life and work of the author
II. Summary of the novel
III. Structure of the work
IV. Characters
V. The dominant themes
VI. Style and technique
Conclusion
study of the composition by the steps
III. Structure of the work
To better understand the progress of the action the novel can be considered, beyond the episodes or stages in the narrative, one is in front of a character drama, Samba Diallo, who symbolizes the tragedy of an entire race.
1. The initial situation
The story begins with a lack, and a lack that is being filled. Indeed, Samba must learn the Koran for one day succeed the master and the sustainability of religion and its teaching. This quest is the master himself who first wants to, as he says on page 22 "Another year and he must, by law, go in search of his Lord." In this
initial situation, the narrator introduces the characters, the master, Samba Diallo, the Knight, the Grand Royal, the Chief Diallobe, director of the foreign school ...
2. Steps
a. The lack of Diallobe
The country is being eaten away by the evil of colonization, and the Great Royal to say "The tornado that heralds the great winter of our people came with foreigners," p. 57. And the quest will start because he had to learn to learn from them "to bind the wood to wood ... to make wooden buildings ... "And" the art of winning without reason. " It is basically this art is that lacked Diallobe. This decision will be taken by the Grand Royal in a very male chauvinist society (dominated by the omnipotence of man).
b. The choice of hero for the quest
The qualities that the teacher had seen in Samba Diallo to make his successor will determine the choice of Diallobe him. This will further confirms that small class white Mr. Ndiaye see it "a revelation" and drew all eyes. (P. 64) And the Knight, his father is aware of the importance of the mission were charged his son, "The future city, thanks to my son, open bays on the abyss, which will come from large bursts of shadow over our bodies dried on our faces altered "(p. 92).
c. The mission of Samba Diallo
It could be summed up in a search of another civilization, that of the West. In his hometown of L., Samba Diallo goes to France to continue his studies. His adventure that the African people and indeed of all colonized peoples acculturated, hybrids.
d. The meeting with benefactors
In the West, he encounters various characters, with whom he will make friends, and especially to enable it to measure differences between civilization and that of Western Diallobe. Among these characters include the Shepherd, counsel Caribbean Pierre-Louis, Lucienne and Adele. But mostly it is Lucienne admit the importance of culture in these terms: "Samba Diallo (...), milk that you suckled at the breasts of the country Diallobe is very sweet and very noble. Angry yourself whenever you challenge and correct the idiot who will doubt you because you're black. But know it too, the mother is more tender and instead comes time to push it ... "(p. 156)
e. The return of Samba Diallo
Samba Diallo's return to the land of his ancestors will be first spiritually, which makes him say, "I do not know if we ever find his way when he was lost" (p. 174) His father, the Knight who asked him to come by way of a letter. (P. 174)
3. The final situation
Samba Diallo's mission was to restore the cultural identity of the new Diallobe. But at some point he will have enough and will question: "What do I do with them? That is why it is not going to his quest because he was afraid of losing its identity. At the end he will be killed by the idiot who ordered him to pray. This death is well a kind of introspection, back to the original state because before I die it will say "Sea, the clarity of your flow is awaiting my gaze. I look at you, and you sparkled, without limits. I want you for eternity "(p. 191).
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