Essay on the Use of Third Person and Innocence of Language in Ake

usance of Third Person and Innocence of Language in Aké   The Nigerian novelist Wole Soyinkas memoir, Aké, is a base told through the eyes of a child. Many incidents and the dialogues within these incidents are scripted in a tone which is suggestive of the sinlessness and actions which would only be performed by someone in a child-like state of mind. Soyinkas masterful use of this tone, and the firsthand use of first person in story telling combine to form a realistic childhood picture. In the third chapter we find late Wole describing a sort of parade which is passing ahead the walls of his home compound. This point in time seems to be when Wole first discovers the founding beyond his front door. This actualisation can be likened to the destruction of the geocentric scheme in which man comes to the realization that he is not the center of the universe. We see this realization in this acknowledgment from page 37 It became clear then that we in the parsonage were living in a separate town by ourselves, and that Aké was the rest of what I could see. some other example of childlike thinking can be found in the description of a tuba. In the parade there is a man manner of walking with a tuba. Wole makes the association of the cost of the tuba and the bell part of a gramophone. Young Wole says, Tinu and I had long rejected the story that the music which came from the gramophone was make by a special singing mouse click locked in the machine. We never saw it fed, so it would have long starved to death. I had not only found the means of opening up the machine, so the mystery remained (41). Here we find child-like reasoning at its finest. At the end of Woles story of his exploration of the world outside of his familial com... ...wo places, (187-188) Wole, along with his comrades, expresses this belief in bad magic. Another example of child-like rationality can be seen in the quick belief in a conspiracy theory seen in th is simple eye from page 188 ...they had come to spoil the ground for others Child-like actions are found in the notions of justice, also found on page 188, when the children kick the bucket judge, jury, and executioner of their peers with the line Someone proposed that we search their luggage...and was vociferously cheered. The writing of a memoir through the eyes of a child can produce a highly entertaining work, as proved by Wole Soyinka. Through the use of third person and the masterful use of the innocence and language of childhood, Soyinka has written a memoir that can make us recollect what is was like to see the world through the eyes of a child.       Essay on the Use of Third Person and Innocence of Language in Ake Use of Third Person and Innocence of Language in Aké   The Nigerian novelist Wole Soyinkas memoir, Aké, is a story told through the eyes of a child. Many incidents and the dialogues within these incidents a re written in a tone which is suggestive of the innocence and actions which would only be performed by someone in a child-like state of mind. Soyinkas masterful use of this tone, and the primary use of first person in story telling combine to form a realistic childhood picture. In the third chapter we find young Wole describing a sort of parade which is passing before the walls of his home compound. This point in time seems to be when Wole first discovers the world beyond his front door. This realization can be likened to the destruction of the geocentric theory in which man comes to the realization that he is not the center of the universe. We see this realization in this quote from page 37 It became clear then that we in the parsonage were living in a separate town by ourselves, and that Aké was the rest of what I could see. Another example of childlike thinking can be found in the description of a tuba. In the parade there is a man walking with a tuba. Wole makes the assoc iation of the bell of the tuba and the bell part of a gramophone. Young Wole says, Tinu and I had long rejected the story that the music which came from the gramophone was made by a special singing dog locked in the machine. We never saw it fed, so it would have long starved to death. I had not yet found the means of opening up the machine, so the mystery remained (41). Here we find child-like reasoning at its finest. At the end of Woles story of his exploration of the world outside of his familial com... ...wo places, (187-188) Wole, along with his comrades, expresses this belief in bad magic. Another example of child-like rationality can be seen in the quick belief in a conspiracy theory seen in this line from page 188 ...they had come to spoil the ground for others Child-like actions are found in the notions of justice, also found on page 188, when the children become judge, jury, and executioner of their peers with the line Someone proposed that we search their luggage...and wa s vociferously cheered. The writing of a memoir through the eyes of a child can produce a highly entertaining work, as proved by Wole Soyinka. Through the use of third person and the masterful use of the innocence and language of childhood, Soyinka has written a memoir that can make us remember what is was like to see the world through the eyes of a child.