In the Igbo society there is a huge diversity in gender. Okonkwo a man who thinks of gender as a very important title ‚believes that each gender has their own job and that men should do what men do and women do what women are supposed to do‚ he does not think men should do what women do‚ or vice versa. As Chinua Achebe stated in chapter 3 paragraph 28 “His mother and sisters worked hard enough‚ but they grew women’s crops‚ like coco yams‚ beans and cassava. Yam the king of crops‚ was a man’s crop”
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Chinua Achebe displays the gradual loss of culture detailed in his historical novel‚ Things Fall Apart. Achebe’s novel tells the tragic tale of Okonkwo‚ a well-off leader within the Umuofia tribe. The title of the book refers to not only Okonkwo’s gradual downfall‚ but also post-imperialist Africa at the arrival of the Europeans. Achebe utilizes Okonkwo‚ almost as a human metaphor‚ in order to portray the extremities of Igbo culture and how this culture interacts with that of the
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focus on the concept of heroism. The latter suggest that Okonkwo can be perceived as an epic hero within the Igbo culture. Justifiably so‚ considering that Okonkwo does not fit the conception of being an ideal epic hero but rather correspond to what is considered Igbo epic heroism. According to Azuonye Igbo epic‚ refers to real men that acquired heroism in pursuing a life protecting others in risking their own (Azuonye‚ 1984). However Okonkwo while being classified as an Igbo epic hero did not appreciate
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novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Achebe portrays his own characterization of a tragic hero through Okonkwo‚ the main character. Like typical tragic heroes in other literature‚ he suffers a terrible death in the end. Despite his honorable and respectable social status‚ Okonkwo ’s tragic flaws‚ fear of failure and anger‚ bring about his own destruction. Okonkwo is one of the most powerful men in the Igbo tribe: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond…he had brought honour to his
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about culture? Chinua Achebe in his novel Things Fall Apart answers this question by telling a story of British colonization through an African point of view. In this work of historical function‚ Okonkwo wants his original culture‚ but the Western European people came then they changed the culture‚ so Okonkwo tried to fight back for his original culture‚ finally the entire culture had been changed and the people in the village adapted to the Western Europeans culture and they’ve forgotten their original
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and son. One specific thing Okonkwo is a failure at is being a father. First of all‚ his only son‚ Nwoye‚ is a Christian and Okonkwo hates him for that. He sees him as weak and feminine‚ which all along has been the exact opposite of his goal as a man in society. Okonkwo has “constructed a sense of gender by asserting a strong sense of masculinity and resenting any sense of femininity” (Bennett). When Nwoye “seeks his father’s love and understanding…[Okonkwo] is incapable of responding to these
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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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chose to write over this topic because Nwoye was the character that interested me the most. I felt really bad for Nwoye because his father expected so much out of him. Okonkwo expected Nwoye to be a “man” at the age of 12. When I was at that age‚ I wasn’t worried about anything else other than school‚ my friends‚ and being a boy. Okonkwo had high expectations for him so he would not end up like his Okonkwo’s father. By the end of the book Nwoye finally stands up to his father and grows the courage to
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approaches Okonkwo reacts to people. Okonkwo taught himself to be tough and show no emotions. As the book says‚ “Despite all of Okonkwo’s showy manliness‚ he is ruled by fear – a profound fear of being deemed weak and feminine‚ like his father. Essentially‚ Okonkwo fears nothing but himself.” He usually reacts rough and unsympathetic to most people‚ yet sympathetic to others. You are able to see these peculiar approaches with the other characters in the book. Ikemefuna is one of Okonkwos sons. He
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After Okonkwo was banished‚ he fled to his motherland because in the land he was living in now‚ represented as a father‚ he could succeed and was praised when he did so‚ but when he made a mistake‚ he was punished and sent away. When a boy is punished he goes to his mother’s to find empathy‚ just as Okonkwo had gone to his motherland after he was banished. “Nwoye overheard it and burst into tears‚ whereupon his father beat him heavily.” (21 online) Nwoye was beaten by his father for crying when Ikemefuna
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