over Things Fall Apart Thesis: Achebe defines Things Falls Apart as a tragedy through Okonkwo‚ who is a tragic hero‚ and by the pity and fear aroused in the reader. I. Introduction A. Author ’s last name and Book title B. Aristotle ’s definition of tragedy C. Function of a tragedy‚ according to Aristotle D. Thesis II. Okonkwo as tragic hero A. Okonkwo is high-ranking -- part of the egwugwus (87-94) B. Okonkwo is dignified - Wrestled and won "The Cat" (3) C. Courageous - went many times into battle
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tragic fall of the protagonist Okonkwo‚ and the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is a fiercely competitive and influential leader within the Igbo tribe. Later on‚ he accidentally shoots and kills a boy during a funeral. The town exiles him for seven years to his mother’s homeland‚ Mbanta. Realizing that his clan will not go to
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Claire Chung Pre AP English 10 Pd. 4 Things Fall Apart Reader Response 10/8/15 Chapters 1 & 2: In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ the protagonist‚ Okonkwo‚ is a prosperous‚ strong‚ and powerful leader in the traditional African village of the Ibo‚ one of the nine villages of Umuofia. He “ruled his household with a heavy hand”‚ and even his wives and children “lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper” (Achebe 13). His greatest fear is himself and of any resemblance of himself to his peaceful
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The prospective tragic heroes of Othello and Okonkwo in William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the Moor of Venice and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart only Othello meets the tragic hero requirements introduce in Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. In Aristotle’s definition‚ its include that‚ to be defined as a tragic hero one must be in a high position‚ display aspects proving that he is not completely good nor completely good‚ having experience a downfall‚ and exhibit a tragic flaw in which the character
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Fall Apart such as that both the main characters have conflicts throughout their story. Okonkwo has conflict with his son‚ Nwoye. Nwoye‚ a very lazy son‚ gave Okonkwo a hard time and things got worse after Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna( a young man Okonkwo took in to prevent war between his nation and the nearby one and who has become close with Nwoye). Okonkwo.This pushes Nwoye further from his father ending to Nwoye join the ministry and becoming a Christian “...but was already causing his father great
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itself is ironic‚ tragic and satirical where the author at most describes the conflict between the traditional society of Umuofia with the new customs brought by the white people. Another theme of the novel is contributed through the protagonist‚ Okonkwo‚ who struggles to be strong‚ masculine‚ respected family man‚ rather than his father‚ Unoka - weak‚ effeminate‚ lazy and poor. Through this novel‚ Chinua Achebe tries to prove that faith has always been a guiding force in man ’s life. He chooses
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the Igbo . . . proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Okonkwo is a wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofia clan‚ a lower Nigerian tribe that is part of a consortium of nine connected villages‚ including Okonkwo’s village‚ Iguedo. In his youth‚ he brought honor to his village by beating Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling contest. Until his match with Okonkwo‚ the Cat had been undefeated for seven years. Okonkwo is completely unlike his now deceased father‚ Unoka‚ who feared the sight
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country and the other from another. Everyone will have different perspective cultural traditions that they will have to face. Some of them have to sacrifice themselves in order to save another person’s life. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is faced with a culture collision. He took it in a negative way and how he ends up re enacting to it is by just ignoring it or running away from it. But at the end he realized by ignoring or running away from it caused a huge problem towards his family
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trade/currency due to its rarity and its flavor/delicacy and the difficulty level to harvest the yams especially in the harsh weather that costed most farmers there whole heaps of yams. Respect‚ Honor‚ Status Okonkwo was brought to wealth and respect by becoming a warrior of
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Characters • • • • • • Okonkwo- son of Unoka . Stubborn ‚ fears of becoming like his father. Unoka- father of Okonkwo. Naïve‚ Optimistic‚ Ikemefuna- lad of sacrifice so Mbaino didn’t go to war. Son of the murder who killed a daughter of Umuofia Nwoye- Okonkwo’s first son‚ he describes him as lazy. Ekwefi- Okonkwo’s second wife‚ mother of Ezinma‚ loves Ezinma dearly‚ they have a strong bond. Had ten children only Ezinma lived. Ezinma- daughter of Ekwefi and Okonkwo‚ Okonkwo is fond of her‚ her mom
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