treated Ezinma‚ Ikemefuna‚ and Nwoye completely different than the other‚ which exposed Okonkwo’s desires. Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma was born to him by Ekwefi‚ Okonkwo’s second wife. Ezinma is Ekwefi’s only living child because Ekwefi had previously had nine miscarriages. Because of this situation‚ Ezinma was spoiled by her mother. Okonkwo did not like to admit it‚ but he favored Ezinma over all his other children.
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Things Fall Apart‚ Ikemefuna is a young boy taken from a neighboring village to account for the killing of a woman of Umuofia. He was set to live with Okonkwo‚ a successful man and wrestler‚ and his family until his execution came. Okonkwo and his family‚ especially his son Nwoye‚ became fond of Ikemefuna and liked him very much. It took three years for the oracle to decide that it was time for Ikemefuna to die‚ and even though Okonkwo did not have to do it himself‚ since Ikemefuna referred to him as
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Okonkwo placed high expectations of Nwoye and he didn’t live up to many of them. Okonkwo characterized his son as inept because Nwoye displayed compassion; a clear direction to failure in Okonkwo’s mind. An example of Nwoye’s behaviour is shown on page 53‚ “So Okonkwo encouraged the boys to sit with him in his obi‚ and he told them stories of the land -- masculine stories of violence and bloodshed. Nwoye knew that it was right to be masculine and to be violent‚ but somehow
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heavy hand. Nwoye‚ Okonkwo’s first son‚ was very different however. Although he tried to shadow his father‚ Nwoye always had a soft side to him. His father’s morals never meshed with Nwoye’s morals which caused a great number of conflicts‚ especially when it came to religion. As a result of the introduction of Western ideas in the Ibo culture‚ Nwoye’s
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lasts forever. The title depicts the weakness of things and the great power influence and time can have over things. You begin to see the first instances of Okonkwo’s life falling apart when Ikemefuna‚ a prisoner who had been staying at Okonkwo’s home‚ was killed.Okonkwo eventually began to consider Ikemefuna as one of his own sons. However Okonkwo made the executive decision to deliver the final blow
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of Umuofia reacts to the culture shock of the Christian missionaries coming in and taking over. Nwoye is one of the main characters in this book. He had a negative response at first because of the way Okonkwo‚ his father‚ responded to them. After Nwoye was able to discover them for himself he decided that he wanted to pursue their beliefs. One of the many things that drew Nwoye to converting to the Christian religion was the beautiful music that they played. While he was going
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multiple was one of which being metaphor. The author writes in chapter seventeen “Okonkwo was popularly called the “Roaring Flame.” As he looked into the log fire he recalled the name. He was a flaming fire. How then could he have begotten a son like Nwoye‚ degenerate and effeminate?”
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punished by Chielo. Ikemefuna was a young boy sacrificed to the village of Umoufia because his father killed a daughter of their village. Ikemefuna lived with Okonkwo and his family for three years. Okonkwo was fond of Ikemefuna though he never openly showed any emotion‚ he treated him as a son. He was a very lively boy‚ intelligent and had a strong work ethic which Okonkwo’s first son‚ Nwoye‚ lacked. Ikemefuna and Nwoye were inseperable‚ Nwoye enjoyed spending time with Ikemefuna; he seemed to know
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Ikemefuna stays with Okonkwo’s family for three years. He seems to have “kindled a new fire” in Nwoye‚ who‚ much to Okonkwo’s pleasure‚ becomes more masculine in his attitude. Okonkwo knows that his son’s development is a result of Ikemefuna’s influence. He frequently invites the two into his obi to listen to violent‚ masculine stories. Although Nwoye misses his mother’s stories‚ he knows that he pleases his father when he expresses disdain for women and their concerns.To the village’s surprise‚
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caused his downfall. His life didn’t start to unravel right away but began after the arrival of Ikemefuna‚ a boy given to him by a neighboring tribe. Okonkwo becomes very fond of Ikemefuna because he demonstrates the right qualities of a perfect clansman. Though he is fond of Ikemefuna‚ he never shows it as it is a sign of weakness so he treated him like everyone else. During the period of Ikemefuna stay‚ Okonkwo broke the peace during the sacred Week of Peace when he beat his youngest wife‚ Ojiugo
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