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The issue arises time and time again in Achebe's novel. When Obi returns from England, the members of the U.P.U., are not impressed by Obi's English because it is too casual. They like English to be spoken in full as the president of the U.P.U. speaks it...
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speaks it. There is a certain amount of pride, ironically, in the language of the colonizer. This may be, however, because those admiring this English are from an older generation. The younger generation of Obi and Christopher, plays with language much more easily...
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