the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ the main character‚ Okonkwo is very insecure. Okonkwo was insecure about his father‚ Unoka‚ and didn’t want to turn out like him. Okonkwo got exiled to his mother’s land‚ causing him to feel even more insecure. Okonkwo was a strong leader of the Umuofia clan‚ but was insecure about people seeing him as a weak person. Okonkwo’s insecurities eventually lead him to end his own life. Okonkwo was insecure because he didn’t want to turn out like his sluggish
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between the main character Okonkwo and his son Nwoye. We see through the book that these two characters‚ with their vastly different character traits‚ can never seem to get along. But is the conflict between parent and child something exclusive to the Ibo culture? I don’t believe so‚ as even in our day in age and culture we still face the same conflicts‚ like that of Okonkwo and Nwoye’s. From the start of the book we can already comprehend the conflict between Okonkwo and Nwoye. It starts with
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Umuofia. Okonkwo‚ a man who has captured fame with the act of wrestling‚ received the title of a hero. Okonkwo fears his lifestyle would become the idle and improvident custom like his father‚ Unoka. “Okonkwo had clearly washed his hands and so he ate with Kings and elders.” As Okonkwo raises a family with many wives and a plentiful of children‚ he also grows flaws of his own that gives his son‚ Nwoye‚ a reason to question the culture of the tribe altogether. Both the hands of Okonkwo and Nwoye
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public man and the private man. Though he may seem and portray a very masculine character‚ that is actually a facade. In reality‚ Okonkwo is a man loaded with insecurity. Due to his fear of being judged and failing‚ eventually‚ he resorted to hanging himself at the end of the novel. Personally‚ I feel that his death was not one expected. Throughout the book‚ Okonkwo shows his determination to succeed. He was driven by the fear of his father- to avoid being weak and feminine‚ and as such‚ he developed
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he is the worst of all." (Aristotle). Okonkwo is a perfect example of Aristotle’s quote in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Even though he is said to be the most powerful man in Umuofia‚ Okonkwo’s personal imperfections of fear‚ failure and uncontrollable anger do not allow him true eminence as a human being. Okonkwo is one of the most influential men in the Ibo tribe. In his tribe‚ he is both feared and honored. Which is evident by this quote‚ "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages
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Many people suffer tragedy at some point in their lives whether big or small‚ Okonkwo is no exception. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ we follow the story of Okonkwo‚ a man who became known throughout his clan as a great man and had three wives and nine children. But one day his life started to fall apart when he was exiled to his mother’s homeland for seven years after accidentally killing a clansman. But soon after he was exiled‚ missionaries invaded Nigeria and with them brought
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Imperialism. In this story‚ the main character‚ Okonkwo‚ surfaces as a tragic hero. A tragic hero can fall under many categories. For example‚ he or she can be an Aristotelian tragic hero or Arthur Miller’s depiction of a tragic hero. A tragic hero must have certain qualities in order to be considered an Aristotelian tragic hero. Because Okonkwo follows the patterns that Aristotle has set for tragic heroes‚ he is an Aristotelian tragic hero. Okonkwo is “a man of action‚ a man of war” (Achebe 7) and
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Chinua Achebe shows and explains the african culture during the time period that had much change in the community. Many stories and textbooks are made by the winning side. This story however is explained from the opposite point of view. The character Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart meets Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero to an extent because only some of his characteristics lead to a downfall in the story. The characteristics he fits by the definition of tragic hero are he has a mixture of good
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tragic hero named Okonkwo living in the struggles of his changing Ibo culture. Okonkwo is a tragic hero with characteristics such as high social class‚ excessive pride‚ and most importantly‚ a tragic flaw. These characteristics described by Aristotle‚ a famous Greek philosopher‚ represents Okonkwo’s downfall that leads to his tragedy. Aristotle described that tragic heroes usually start off from a high position in society. This makes the hero’s downfall more dramatic. Even though Okonkwo is not from a
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has a fatal flaw in their character that leads them to their destruction. Okonkwo exemplifies a tragic hero with experiences he endures in his life. In Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart” the author expresses how the protagonist Okonkwo is a tragic hero by having excessive pride‚ the audience having empathy for him‚ and being imperfect. The pride exhibited by a person reflects their personality. For instance‚ “Okonkwo said yes very strongly‚ so his chi agreed. And not only his chi but his clan
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