Examples Of Okonkwo's Response To Things Fall Apart
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Okonkwo’s Response In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there are many characters with varying responses to the clash of cultures between the white culture and the Ibo culture. Okonkwo is one of the characters that had a strong negative response. Okonkwo responded negatively and therefore divided himself from the tribe who was not ready to go to war, because he did not adapt like everyone else who was exposed to the culture when he was not. His distaste for the white man’s religion grows as it takes in converts and disrespects Okonkwo’s religion. Okonkwo's seven years of isolation also affected his response to the incoming white man's religion negatively. The tribe’s early exposure to the white man's religion lead to them being accustomed …show more content…
Okonkwo has always resorted to violence when he is text with the problem. One such time is in Mbanta when Okonkwo claimed that “if his children are praying to the white man's God, he would wipe them off the face of the earth." (Achebe 146) Again this shows Okonkwo resorting to violence to solve his problem. His problem is this new culture and religion invading his land. This quote also shows that his negative response will not be limited to the invaders, but anyone who joins them, even his family. They will all be punished by him. The thought of his family joining the white man creates a drastic negative response in Okonkwo. Another reason for Okonkwo’s strict punishment was probably from Nwoye. Nwoye had defied Okonkwo and joined the white man’s religion. This enraged Okonkwo and he threatened Nwoye. He later disowned him as his oldest son. This no doubt contributed to Okonkwo’s response to the invading culture. Another example of Okonkwo’s negative response is his death. After the killing of the messenger, Okonkwo hung himself before the commissioner could arrest him. The meeting that was going to be disbanded by the messenger was of course in response for Okonkwo's arrest earlier for burning the church. Since he decided to retaliate, and did not want to face the consequences, he decided to kill himself. He would have rather died than obey thy white man’s
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes okonkwo's response to the clash of cultures between the white culture and the ibo culture in things fall apart by chinua achebe.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's seven years of isolation affected his response to the incoming white man’s religion negatively.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's negative response is his constant violence when he is texting with the problem. his problem is the new culture and religion invading his land.
- Analyzes okonkwo's response to the clash of cultures between the white culture and the ibo culture in things fall apart by chinua achebe.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's seven years of isolation affected his response to the incoming white man’s religion negatively.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's negative response is his constant violence when he is texting with the problem. his problem is the new culture and religion invading his land.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's negative response was his death. after killing the messenger, he hung himself before the commissioner could arrest him.
- Concludes that okonkwo's decision to respond negatively and drastically to the incoming white man’s religion and laws, divided the clan, and led to his downfall when he killed himself.
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- Analyzes how okonkwo's bad temper led to his banishment from the tribe. he ruled his household with a heavy hand and his wives and children lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper.
- Analyzes how the cracks within okonkwo's character are not external but internal manifestations of his greatest strengths, such as acting without thinking, inflexibility, and fear of being perceived as weak and therefore, womanly.
- Analyzes how the priestess ezeani's warning to okonkwo puts the incident in perspective and provides an anthropological explanation for his rash act.
- Analyzes how okonkwo has destroyed the invisible bridge between ritual and family, symbolic act and ties of kinship.
- Opines that okonkwo's fate is sealed at the end of part 1, when he accidentally shoots ezeudu’s 16-year-old son with his gun.
- Describes how a large crowd of men from ezeudu's quarter stormed okonkwo’s compound, dressed in garbs of war. they set fire to his houses, demolished his red walls, and destroyed his barn.
- Analyzes how okonkwo is listless, paralyzed by his inability to do any work beyond providing for his family. achebe implies that once he is away from his fatherland, his character is effaced.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's exile establishes a major premise of the novel: if he leaves his community, his character may change.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's inability to recognize change forces him to commit suicide. the missionaries represent the ruthlessness of the white man in africa.
1198 wordsRead More - Masculinity vs. Femininity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apartanalytical essayIf viewed on the surface the story line of Things Fall Apart is a tragedy, but when viewed in a wider perspective it is a story of deeper conflict. The main issue is that the British have come to establish a mission and receive converts. Less evident is the conflict this intrusion inserts between the Ibo and British. The underlying issue is masculinity versus femininity. By this I mean to say that the Ibo are an agrarian people who are a patriarchal and see any sign of weakness as being less than desirable. The protagonist in the story, Okonkwo, is the champion of this thought. As what would happen to him seems to happen to the Ibo. When Okonkwo disagrees he is usually correct and the tribe would suffer the same fate and vice versa.
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- Analyzes the underlying issue of masculinity versus femininity in things fall apart. the ibo are an agrarian people who are patriarchal and see weakness as less than desirable.
- Analyzes how the chi determines a man's lot in life. okonkwo was disbanded from his home for feminine murder. he could not rise above the destiny of his chi.
- Explains that the chi is the most important aspect of ibo society. the most compelling argument for conflict between the british colonists and the ibo lies directly within the tribes chi.
- Analyzes the underlying issue of masculinity versus femininity in things fall apart. the ibo are an agrarian people who are patriarchal and see weakness as less than desirable.
- Analyzes how the chi determines a man's lot in life. okonkwo was disbanded from his home for feminine murder. he could not rise above the destiny of his chi.
- Explains that the chi is the most important aspect of ibo society. the most compelling argument for conflict between the british colonists and the ibo lies directly within the tribes chi.
- Explains that chi, as stated, is the will of a man. the ibo are guided by this and believe that they can only rise to the level to which their personal god will allow. okonkwo's chi is perceived to be strong, although at times doomed.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's chi outweighed his clansmen because he knew the umuofia would not go to war.
- Analyzes how the church alters the structure of ibo society by threatening to dilute the native language through assimilation.
- Analyzes how the ibo would prefer to speak in reference to common traditional values and respect. the conflict is the direct nature with which the western culture speaks, avoiding references to an anecdote relevant to the situation.
- Argues that domestic violence was not frowned upon by the british because it occurred during a week of non-violence, but the crime of beating anyone had occurred at all.
- Explains that neither society in the novel is idealized. both cultures have their faults, but sacrifice was not out of the question for the ibo.
- Compares the white infiltration and okonkwo's struggle to be as different from his deceased father as possible.
- Analyzes how okonkwo's chi is the concept most important to understanding the conflict within. the lack of written law in african society led the british to assume they were not civilized.
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