3. In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun, the sense of social disjuncture is not merely thematic but infused into the very form and structure of the novel. Discuss.

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Social Disjuncture in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie`s Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie`s Half of a Yellow Sun is an award-winning four hundred and fifty-page novel about two sisters, Kainene and Olanna, during the Nigerian Biafran War that occurred between 1967 until 1970. During the early 1960s, the book`s main characters are introduced: Odenigbo, who frequently entertained intellectuals in order to discuss the political turmoil that was ongoing in Nigeria;Ugwu, a 13 year old boy from the village who moved in with Odenigbo in order to work as his house servant. Life changed for UgwuasOlanna,Odenigbo`s girlfriend, moved in with them. Olanna had a twin sister, called Kainene. Her lover was Richard,an Englishman who had come to Nigeriato study the arts. The story jumped ahead four years, to the period when trouble was brewing between the Igbo and the Hausa people, an event where hundreds of people died in massacres, including but not limited to Olanna's beloved uncle and auntie. The Igbo created a new republic, which was called Biafra. As a result of this conflict, Ugwu, Odenigbo, Olanna and their daughter Baby were forced to flee Nsukka, which was the central university town as well as the major cerebralcenter of this new country. The group finally ended up in Umuahia, the refugee town, where they greatly suffered as a result of food shortages as well as the paranoid atmosphere and constant air raids. This part of the novel includes several allusions to severalpast conflicts that happened between Richard and Kainene,Olanna and Kainene, and also Olanna and Odenigbo. The novel jumped back into the early 1960s, where we learned that Odenigbohad slept with a village girl, who had then had his baby. Furious at his betrayal, Olannawent ahead and slept with Richard duringone moment of weakness. After that, she went back to Odenigbo and then they both took in his daughter, whom they called Baby, after her mother had refused her. Back to the period of war, and Ugwu,Olanna, Baby andOdenigbowere living with Richard and Kainene wherebyKainenewas running a refugee camp. Their situation, however,wasextremely hopeless as they hadneithermedicine nor food. As a result, Kainene decided to trade acrosstheenemy lines, but he never returned, even after the conclusion of the war several weeks later. The story ended ambiguously, as the reader does not know whether or not Kainene lived. Disjuncture is referred to, according to The Free Dictionary, as "the state of being disconnected". It can also be referred to as separation, which is"the state of lacking unity"; it can further be referred to as separability, which is defined as"the capability of being separated"; politics is a frequent theme, as Odenigbooften entertains several intellectuals so as to discuss the ongoing political turmoil that is happening in Nigeria;and incoherence or incoherency, which is defined as the lack of cohesion, clarity or organization. Social disjuncture, in Half of a Yellow Sun by ChimamandaNgoziAdichie, explores this theme quite frequently. For instance, thereare several instances of separations from family. In the award-winning novel, there are several instances whereby members of a certain family are disconnected. One is Ugwu, the 13 year old boy who is disconnected from his family;his family lives back in his village, where he has left as he moves to the university town whose name is Nsukka, in order to work for the professor, Odenigbo, as his house boy. The two grow close, and in other terms, it can be claimed that they become friends. Another instance is Olanna being separated from her twin sister, Kainene. Olanna moves in with Odenigbo as his lover, while Kainenelives her lover Richard.At the end of the book, Kainene is lost from her sister, perhaps permanently the author leaves the reader to guess, as she does not include this in the bookas she goes to trade over enemy lines in order to provide food for the refugee camp, where everyone is sick and starving, but she does not return, even after the war ends some weeks later. Richard is disconnected from his homeland and his relatives and associates as he comes to Nigeria to "study the arts" and maybe write a book.The members of the ethnic community of the Igbo aredisconnected from the whole of the other tribes of the countryas they create a new republic that they call Biafra. Ugwu, Odenigbo, Olanna and their daughter Baby are disconnected from their town of Nsukka, as they are forced to flee in order to escape the fighting, and they end up in the refugee town of Umuahia. Richard is separated from Kainene when she goes to trade across the border and fails to come back. Olanna is separated from her beloved aunt and uncle for good, as they are murdered in the massacres between the Igbo and the Hausa tribes. Olanna gets separated from Odenigbo for a short while as she discovers that he had sex with a village girl, who then went on and had his baby. During this time, she slept with her sister`s lover, Richard, in one moment of failing. Another instance is that Odenigbo becomes separated from the village girl that he slept with, as their affair was only brief. Also, the village girl becomes separated from her daughter, Baby, as she refuses to take care of and raise her, leaving the responsibility to Odenigbo and Olonna. Olanna and Kaine...