This is especially evident during the incident when he tried to shoot Ekwefi and misses. Okonkwo is cowardly in the fact that he killed Ikemefuna primarily because of his fear of reputation and weak appearances. His actions damage his relationship with Nwoye‚ who prefers women’s stories to his father’s violent war stories‚ and he also damages Nwoye’s faith to Igbo society. The early chapters also foreshadow Ikemefuna’s death and the destruction
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Okonkwo acts with emotion‚ rather than thought. He commits his actions too quickly‚ and does not think them through. A perfect example is when Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna. He let his emotion (fear) take over him and killed the boy‚ rather than thinking and making the right decision. If Okonkwo were to think over and actually process the situation‚ Okonkwo could have made an entirely different decision and not have
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a clan meeting‚ where he argued eloquently for peace 6. Okonkwo’s father was named Ikemefuna Obierika Unoka Nwoye 7. Okonkwo has two wives four wives one wife three wives 8. Okonkwo is driven to extreme behaviors in part because he is the chief of his clan he was abused as a child he is terrified of failure he is a fanatical Christian 9. Okonkwo’s second wife is named Ekwefi Ezinma Ikemefuna Obgiugi 10. Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia because his parents‚ who were Christian missionaries‚ died
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agrees to Umuofia’s terms. The elders give the virgin to Ogbuefi Udo as his wife but are not sure what to do with the fifteen-year-old boy‚ Ikemefuna. The elders decide to turn him over to Okonkwo for safekeeping and instruction. Okonkwo‚ in turn‚ instructs his first wife to care for
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it is clear that the Ibo people are not a civilized society. In Things Fall Apart‚ Nwoye is an important male role who disagrees with his culture and whether or not his cultural traditions are moral. This is evident in Nwoye when Chinua Achebe states‚”Nwoye had felt for the first time a snapping inside him… when they heard an infant crying in the thick forest.” (Achebe‚61) This is an example of a conflict dealing with morals because Nwoye is said to have this horrid feeling as they are passing by the thick forest
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In “Things Fall Apart‚” by Chinua Achebe‚ Nwoye‚ the son of the fiercest warrior‚ is raised to be a manly man and refrain from any feelings. His father‚ Okonkwo‚ expects him to be a spitting image of him and less like his father‚ Unoka‚ who was a coward and unsuccessful. Throughout the story‚ Nwoye is forced to act tough and be who he is not. When the Christian missionaries suddenly come to Umuofia to share their faith‚ Nwoye reflects on his own culture and starts to question what is right. Because
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those who are open to change like Nwoye when he saw opportunity to see how differently
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Just as there are major characters in "Things Fall Apart"‚ there are also minor characters. Some minor characters are Nwoye‚ Ezinma‚ Ikemefuna‚ Mr.Brown‚ Unoka‚ and Ojiugo. Nwoye is Okonkwo’s oldest son. Okonkwo believes that Nwoye is weak and lazy which is why he beats him. Ezinma is Ekwefi’s only child since her other nine children didn’t survive for very long. Ikemefuna is the boy that was given to the village after committing an offense against Umofia. Mr.Brown is the first white person to
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his son’s‚ Nwoye‚ wants to take a different route. Achebe uses Nwoye and the personal and cultural events that happen throughout the story to convey how they can lead to an individual’s perfunctory decision to create one’s own legacy. A father and son’s relationship will affect how the son will grow up and make choices. From the beginning‚ Okonkwo has been‚ “...constant[ly] nagging and beating. And so Nwoye was developing into a sad-faced youth”(14). Okonkwo constantly abusing Nwoye makes him stray
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resentment‚ Okonkwo is driven to extreme and unfathomable lengths to prove to society that he in no way resembles Unoka. Subsequently‚ Okonkwo’s life-long struggle to escape Unoka’s legacy produces insecurities that lead Okonkwo to kill Ikemefuna‚ completely alienate Nwoye‚ and commit suicide. Due to Unoka’s substantial debts and dishonorable status in Umuofia‚ Okonkwo develops a distinct outward and inward identity to placate the fear of being compared to his father. Even at a basic physical level
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