Okonkwo’s overbearing pride in himself results in unforeseen consequences for his family and others which come in contact with him throughout the book. Case in point‚ when Okonkwo was told by an elder of the Umuofia not be getting involved with the killing of Ikemefuna because as he was told “that boy calls you father.” Prompting‚ Okonkwo to be exiled and sent to live with his mother for 7 years. Which resulted from the unfortunate killing of Ezeudu’s son from the misfiring of a bullet. Rather than
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mother’s village of Mbanta. This is a great disappointment for him although he is consoled and encouraged by his uncle‚ Uchendu. The reader now hears of the arrival of the Christian missionaries‚ who take over the village of Mbanta‚ as well as Umuofia‚ set up a church and proceed to convert the
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Neighboring villages and clans fear Umuofia greatly because they are very powerful. This was in part to Okonkwo being an extraordinary war man and also because Umuofia is known for its powerful medicines and medicine people. These other villages and clans do not go to war with Umuofia without trying to gain a peaceful agreement first because of this fear that they have through stories. These other villages perhaps could in fact have been able to defeat Umuofia if they did not let fear dominate their
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Whenever Ezeudu‚ a regarded senior in Umuofia‚ educated Okonkwo that the town Oracle required the slaughtering of Okonkwo’s received child Ikemefuna‚ he requested that Okonkwo not partake. Be that as it may‚ Okonkwo went with them‚ as well as he struck the murdering blow as Ikemefuna gotten out
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Achebe‚ fear controls not only the life of Okonkwo‚ but also the fallout of the clan. In the novel Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe uses a fearful tone toward Okonkwo and his need for power by using imagery that suggests fear is the catalyst for destruction and failure. The life of Okonkwo is driven by the need to exceed‚ whether it the harvest of his yams‚ or how many wives he has. His greatest fear is ending up like his father‚ Unoka‚ who shamed Okonkwo by being very unsuccessful. Okonkwo states
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Tornado of Self-Destruction Greed is the tornado that destroys anything to consume everything. Comprising of dust and debris‚ tornadoes can demolish anything in its path. There is no method to stopping a tornado and they proceed rapidly with high intensity. As an ivory trader in Africa‚ Kurtz from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness loses self-restraint and becomes murderous as his appetite for ivory grows. From Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo‚ an acclaimed warrior of the Umuofia tribe‚ fears
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart shows an odd similarity between the cultures of Ancient Greece and the Lower Niger. Despite the fact that two societies can exist during different periods of time and have conflicting cultural values‚ their stories and behavior can have surprising overlaps. Things Fall Apart is structured like a Greek Tragedy in its use of a chorus and in the presence of a tragic hero whose actions ultimately lead to his downfall. The Egwugwu from Things Fall Apart act like
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society experiences a similar influence caused by new cultures. When these new cultures present themselves‚ both stories include a sort of abandonment to old traditions in replacement for these new ones. In Things Fall Apart‚ many people living in Umuofia‚ including Okonkwo’s son‚ convert to Christianity when the missionaries introduce the new religion. Okonkwo feels a deep shame towards these converts for betraying their gods and their customs‚ so deep that he ultimately disowns his own son‚ commanding
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About Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe’s college work sharpened his interest in indigenous Nigerian cultures. He had grown up in Ogidi‚ a large village in Nigeria. His father taught at the missionary school‚ and Achebe witnessed firsthand the complex mix of benefit and catastrophe that the Christian religion had brought to the Igbo people. In the 1950s‚ an exciting new literary movement grew in strength. Drawing on indigenous Nigerian oral traditions‚ this movement enriched European literary forms
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cultural and historical heritage. Things Fall Apart presents this cultural erasure and ignorance not only as a result of European imperialism and colonisation‚ but also as a lack of unification seen in the Igbo tribes‚ particularly with the children of Umuofia. Okonkwo is shown to be disappointed in his children because of their perceived laziness and disinterest in the customs of the clan – Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing
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