Analysis Of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
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The white man considered Africans to be primitive savages. They were seen as inferior, second-class citizens. Chinua Achebe was an African novelist who sought to give the African people a voice. Achebe gave a prospective of African culture that had been missing from the literature. The white man primarily composed works of literature, therefore there was a skewed representation of African culture. Achebe conveyed a greater understanding of African culture through his first novel Things Fall Apart. This analysis will examine Okonkwo’s power and lack of freedom through his wealth, property, and actions. The main character, Okonkwo, is a wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofia clan. Okonkwo’s father, Unoka, died as a poor man with a reputation of being an emotional coward. Okonkwo is embarrassed of his father’s reputation, therefore he adopts opposite ideals. Okonkwo becomes everything his father was not; strong, productive, and a provider. He achieves great social and financial success by embracing these ideals. Throughout the village, Okonkwo is seen as powerful. Although Okonkwo is powerful, he is imprisoned by the social pressure of the village to portray …show more content…
This pressure leads him to kill a child that calls him father. Okonkwo doesn’t wish to look weak in front of his fellow tribesmen, so he cuts the boy down despite the Oracle’s message. “He heard Ikemefuna cry, “My father they have killed me!” as he ran towards him. Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak” (Achebe 61). Okonkwo is unable to express a normal human emotion, such as grief, because he is crippled by the opinions of others. Okonkwo does not have the ability to express his true feelings and therefore is enslaved by the sense of masculinity he feels he must portray. His only ability to express his feelings comes only through violence and
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how chinua achebe, an african novelist, conveyed a greater understanding of african culture through his first novel things fall apart.
- Analyzes how okonkwo, a wealthy and respected warrior of the umuofia clan, is embarrassed of his father's reputation and adopts opposite ideals.
- Explains okonkwo is one of the most powerful men in the tribe because of his personal achievements. he brought honor to his village by throwing analyze the cat.
- Analyzes how chinua achebe, an african novelist, conveyed a greater understanding of african culture through his first novel things fall apart.
- Analyzes how okonkwo, a wealthy and respected warrior of the umuofia clan, is embarrassed of his father's reputation and adopts opposite ideals.
- Explains okonkwo is one of the most powerful men in the tribe because of his personal achievements. he brought honor to his village by throwing analyze the cat.
- Explains that okonkwo was a wealthy farmer, had two barns full of yams, and had just married his third wife. he had taken two titles and showed incredible prowess in two inter-tribal wars.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's large family validated his wealth and ability to provide for his family, unlike his father who only passed down debts. being able to fight, work hard, and provide gave him his influence and power.
- Analyzes how okonkwo is powerful, but lacks freedom. he is imprisoned by societal influences and overcompensates for his father's weak ways.
- Analyzes how okonkwo is worried about being perceived as weak, he feels the need to always assert his dominance, and cuts the boy down despite the oracle's message.
- Analyzes how okonkwo strives to make his way in a world that seems to value masculinity, rejecting everything for which he believes his father stood, and adopts opposite ideals.
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- Analyzes how okonkwo didn't argue with the banishment that was the standard punishment when he accidentally killed another umuofia member during a funeral ceremony. obierika mourned his loss and questioned the reasoning behind the punishment.
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- Introduces chinua achebe's things fall apart, a narrative story that follows the life of an african man called okonkwo.
- Analyzes how okonkwo became a well-respected member of the igbo society, but his wealth and prestige rested solely on his personal achievements.
- Analyzes how okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand, and his wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper. his violent temper was triggered in response to actions that he deemed to be weak.
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- Analyzes how okonkwo became a well-respected member of the igbo society, but his wealth and prestige rested solely on his personal achievements.
- Analyzes how okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand, and his wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper. his violent temper was triggered in response to actions that he deemed to be weak.
- Narrates how okonkwo decides to go to the village where the accused lived and ask for one virgin and one young boy to make up for the murder.
- Explains that igbo society, as well as most other african societies, was polytheistic. every man had his own chi, or his won personal god to which he would pray for health and prosperity.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's gun misfires and he accidentally kills a young man in chapter thirteen. he was exiled to mbanta and his family were taken in by uchendu.
- Narrates how okonkwo heard of the first white man while in exile in mbanta, and his mother's clansmen learned of his religion. they gave him permission to build their church in the evil forest.
- Narrates how okonkwo and his family returned to umuofia after seven years. they were surprised to find that the white man had not been driven out of their villages.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's death symbolizes the end of patriarchy in umuofia. his struggles, triumphs, and defeats are all reduced to a paragraph.
1974 wordsRead More - Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apartanalytical essayOkonkwo is “a man of action, a man of war” (7) and a member of high status in the Igbo village. He holds the prominent position of village clansman due to the fact that he had “shown incredible prowess in two intertribal wars” (5). Okonkwo’s hard work had made him a “wealthy farmer” (5) and a recognized individual amongst the nine villages of Umuofia and beyond. Okonkwo’s tragic flaw isn’t that he was afraid of work, but rather his fear of weakness and failure which stems from his father’s, Unoka, unproductive life and disgraceful death. “Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness….It was not external but lay deep within himself. It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father.” Okonkwo’s father was a lazy, carefree man whom had a reputation of being “poor and his wife and children had just barely enough to eat... they swore never to lend him any more money because he never paid back.” (5) Unoka had never taught Okonkwo what was right and wrong, and as a result Okonkwo had to interpret how to be a “good man”. Okonkwo’s self-interpretation leads him to conclude that a “good man” was someone who was the exact opposite of his father and therefore anything that his father did was weak and unnecessary.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how okonkwo is a tragic hero in chinua achebe's novel things fall apart. aristotle defines tragic heroes as good men of high status who display tragic flaws and experience dramatic reversals.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's tragic flaw isn't that he was afraid of work, but rather his fear of weakness and failure which stems from his father’s unproductive life and disgraceful death.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's fear leads him to treat members of his family harshly, in particular his son, and his downfall is a result of the changes created by the british colonists to igbo.
- Analyzes how okonkwo is a tragic hero in chinua achebe's novel things fall apart. aristotle defines tragic heroes as good men of high status who display tragic flaws and experience dramatic reversals.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's tragic flaw isn't that he was afraid of work, but rather his fear of weakness and failure which stems from his father’s unproductive life and disgraceful death.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's fear leads him to treat members of his family harshly, in particular his son, and his downfall is a result of the changes created by the british colonists to igbo.
- Analyzes okonkwo's reaction to christianity and the influence of the british after his seven-year exile.
975 wordsRead More - Okonkwo: The Tragic Hero in Things Fall Apartanalytical essayOkonkwo’s fear of unmanliness is kindled by his father, who was a lazy, unaccomplished man. Okonkwo strives to have a high status from a young age and eventually achieves it. He has a large family, many yams and is well known throughout the village for his valor. He raises his family by his mentality of manliness and is ...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how okonkwo, a perfect tragic character, is driven by his fear of unmanliness, which causes him to act harshly toward his fellow tribesmen, his family and himself.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's fear of unmanliness is sparked by his father, who was lazy and unaccomplished. he has a large family, many yams, and is well known throughout the village for his valor.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's outbursts made him look ignorant and brash, but he could not stand weakness of any sort.
- Analyzes how okonkwo, a perfect tragic character, is driven by his fear of unmanliness, which causes him to act harshly toward his fellow tribesmen, his family and himself.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's fear of unmanliness is sparked by his father, who was lazy and unaccomplished. he has a large family, many yams, and is well known throughout the village for his valor.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's outbursts made him look ignorant and brash, but he could not stand weakness of any sort.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's tragic downfall begins when his family is exiled from the tribe for seven years and is stripped of the fruits of his hard work. the white missionaries preach against the culture and its violent ways.
- Analyzes how okonkwo, though harsh, is a strong man who works hard to earn prestige and not follow in his father’s footsteps. after tragedy strikes his life, he is no longer powerful, his title has been removed and his village is torn apart.
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