Explain How People Respond To Conflict In Things Fall Apart
Responding to Conflict
Conflict can be described as inevitable. But how you respond to conflict can influence your life the most. The response can lead to the success or the downfall of a person. It can also have a positive or negative effect. I believe that people can respond to conflict in both a positive and negative, which can lead to success or the downfall. The outcome all depends on the type of person.
Okonkwo, in Things Fall Apart, is a hardworking individual. He knows how to battle through conflicts and is determined to be successful. Okonkwo’s passion comes from the failure of his father before him. One example of when Okonkwo’s response to conflict was when he had to move to his motherland Mbanta. Okonkwo could have given up at this point. He had just lost his home and ranking in the clan, something he had put tremendous effort into. However, he made negative situation and turned it into a positive. He started from scratch and thrived tremendously. He began to become a more successful farmer. He became a influence in his motherland, even when he wasn’t excepted in the beginning. Okonkwo’s response to conflict is outright amazing. He found a way to make his …show more content…
One way that people respond is not keeping an open mind. Okonkwo was very set on his gods that he worshiped. When missionaries came in to show a new religion, he wasn’t very happy. He even thought going in a slaughtering all of the missionaries. That is where Okonkwo failed. He was so stubborn about his gods, that he closed off the thought of anything else. He wasn’t able to see the views of other people and he definitely didn’t have any respect either. With his response to conflict, it had a negative effect on him and led him to a failure as a dad. When he beat his son for being interested in Christianity, he would eventually lose his son. So the response to conflict, could be negative and could lead to
Conflict can be described as inevitable. But how you respond to conflict can influence your life the most. The response can lead to the success or the downfall of a person. It can also have a positive or negative effect. I believe that people can respond to conflict in both a positive and negative, which can lead to success or the downfall. The outcome all depends on the type of person.
Okonkwo, in Things Fall Apart, is a hardworking individual. He knows how to battle through conflicts and is determined to be successful. Okonkwo’s passion comes from the failure of his father before him. One example of when Okonkwo’s response to conflict was when he had to move to his motherland Mbanta. Okonkwo could have given up at this point. He had just lost his home and ranking in the clan, something he had put tremendous effort into. However, he made negative situation and turned it into a positive. He started from scratch and thrived tremendously. He began to become a more successful farmer. He became a influence in his motherland, even when he wasn’t excepted in the beginning. Okonkwo’s response to conflict is outright amazing. He found a way to make his …show more content…
One way that people respond is not keeping an open mind. Okonkwo was very set on his gods that he worshiped. When missionaries came in to show a new religion, he wasn’t very happy. He even thought going in a slaughtering all of the missionaries. That is where Okonkwo failed. He was so stubborn about his gods, that he closed off the thought of anything else. He wasn’t able to see the views of other people and he definitely didn’t have any respect either. With his response to conflict, it had a negative effect on him and led him to a failure as a dad. When he beat his son for being interested in Christianity, he would eventually lose his son. So the response to conflict, could be negative and could lead to