TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION IN CHIMEKA GARRICKS’TOMORROW DIED YESTERDAY

Authors

  • Chukwudi Samuel Ezennadiri
  • Nnemtem Olanike Tony-Ugbejie

Keywords:

Disillusionment, Oppression, Disappointment, Starvation, Unemployment, Betrayal, Crime

Abstract

Literature mirrors the society that produced it. It is about man and
happenings around him in a given society. This is because the writer draws
his material from his observations and experiences in his given society. This
paper entitled “Tyranny and Oppression in Chimeka Garrick’s Tomorrow
Died Yesterday, shows how the novelist satirizes leadership challenges in the
Niger Delta environment called Asiama society. Data was from both
primary and secondary sources Marxist criticism was the theoretical
approach adopted for the study. Finding are that the novelist succeeded
in exposing the issues that undermine the lives of the people; hence he
sets out to address those ills and expect rebirth, reformation and equity.
Thus, the novelist is advocating good governance, honesty in
leadership and elimination of intimidation.

Author Biographies

Chukwudi Samuel Ezennadiri

Department of English,
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojuwku University, Igbariam Campus,
Anambra State. 07031312879.

Nnemtem Olanike Tony-Ugbejie

Nnemtem Olanike Tony-Ugbejie, School of General Studies,
Department of Languages, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku,
08037743939.

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Published

2024-03-01