warrior in Umuofia. He takes three wives and has many children. He is almost to the top of the clan when his journey to greatness starts to crumble. Because of a scuffle with one of the nearby villages‚ Okonkwo is given a boy to take care of. The boy‚ Ikemefuna‚ shows many similarities to Okonkwo and they become very close.
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passage he wonders about his son Nwoye: “Why‚ he cried in his heart‚ should he‚ Okonkwo‚ of all people‚ be cursed with such a son? He saw clearly in it the finger of his personal god or Chi. For how else could he explain his great misfortune and exile and now his despicable son’s behavior?”‚ (Things Fall Apart‚ 152). But it is him and his enormous pride who ultimately dictates his destiny. When Okonkwo is informed by Ogbuefi Ezeudu‚ that the oracle has decreed that Ikemefuna died‚ he specifically tells
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full that his eldest son Nwoye would turn out to be like his father‚ lazy and unsuccessful. When Okonkow got this “new son‚” Ikemefuna‚ from his neighboring village he was very great full because Ikemefuna was the vision of a son he wanted. Along with finding this “perfect son” Okonkow still let his pride get in the way of that relationship‚ when an elder member of his clan said that Ikemefuna had to be put to death‚ he tried to get Ikemefuna to leave and when Ikemefuna came for help‚ Okonkow turned
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among the children of Umuofia. The fact that Okonkwo moments before had “sat in his obi crunching happily with Ikemefuna and Nwoye" contrasted and underscored the brutality and inhumanity of his premeditated actions (Achebe 56). Just as the guardianship of the boy was a mark of his hard-won status and the highest point of his rise to power‚ the choice to participate in the execution of Ikemefuna was the beginning of Okonkwo’s decline and initiated the series of catastrophes that end in his
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collisions created by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture. One example of a cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture is when Okonkwo’s first son‚ Nwoye converts to Christianity. This causes a cultural collision between Okonkwo and Nwoye because Nwoye wants to become a Christian‚ but Okonkwo doesn’t like the white men or Christianity. This cultural collision is caused by the white men bringing in western ideas to Ibo culture. This collision is very
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to impose on them. They called them priests and they were the ones who ultimately decided the destiny of many. As it was the case of Ikemefuna‚ a boy from another village living in Umuofia under the care of Okonkwo. “Yes‚ Umuofia has decided to kill him. The Oracle of the Hills of the Hills and the caves has pronounced it.” (p‚57). And it was to be followed‚ Ikemefuna was killed. Most people will see this as an act of cruelty but to the Igbo society‚ it was an order their higher power had given and
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Whenever Ezeudu‚ a regarded senior in Umuofia‚ educated Okonkwo that the town Oracle required the slaughtering of Okonkwo’s received child Ikemefuna‚ he requested that Okonkwo not partake. Be that as it may‚ Okonkwo went with them‚ as well as he struck the murdering blow as Ikemefuna gotten out for his insurance. At the point when Okonkwo is later addressed by his companion‚ Obierika‚ about not taking an interest‚ Okonkwo wound up noticeably guarded saying‚ "
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a human head”’(2) Okonkwo was very well-known and important in his village. He had no fear of violence. Fearlessness in war is a highly respected quality in Umofia. When Ikemefuna was brought into Okonkwo’s family‚ Okonkwo was very fond of him‚ but that wouldn’t stop him from beating him. “’When Okonkwo heard that he (Ikemefuna) would not eat any food he came into the hut with a big stick in his hand and stood over him as he swallowed the yams‚ trembling. A few moments later he went being the hut
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In Things Fall Apart the men are heard of and represented more frequently than the women and children. In the novel written by Chinua Achebe it tells the life of Okonkwo and his village which is in Umuofia.Okonkwo is the man who believe all men should be successful‚ show no emotions‚ and should be the ones who take care of home. All the men in their tribe are respected. In Things Fall Apart all the men are represented as masculine which mean that they have the qualities or appearance that is associated
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– a Christian convert who killed the sacred python and sought confrontation with Igbo traditionalists Ezeani – the priest of the earth goddess Ezeudu an important elder; the oldest man in Okonkwo’s village Ezinma – Okonkwo’s favorite daughter Ikemefuna – the boy from Mbaino given to Umuofia as compensation for murder James Smith the zealous white missionary who replaced Mr. Brown Kotma ‘courtman’ or court messenger; a corruption of the English term Mbanta Where Okonkwo’s mother comes from (Ikemefuna’s home)
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