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Marriage is described as two people as partners in a personal relationship. There are two typical ideas of marriage that we know today. The first one that comes to mind is the one we all know, based on love, but there is another one that some may not even know of and its arranged marriages. Arranged marriage is not typically in our culture we know but in different cultures arranged marriages are their normal marriage. Throughout this essay, I will discuss the importance of realizing cultural diversity and how we apply the perspectives we gain from cross-cultural comparison to our own experience using central concepts about marriage to compare and contrast marriage in several cultures.

While our modern day society care about who we marry, wanting to be happy while we live our lives with the person we love and protective them the best we can. But the two societies are also similar to each other in different ways’. For example they aren’t very straightforward to each other face-to-face. They often need explain to explain things for them because they think it’s apparently “easier” for them to explain whatever it is they need to on technology, when really it’ll be even harder to face them the next time you see them. This is how our modern society is.

Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Chinua Achebe about the fictional people of the Ibo tribe in Umuofia. The practices of this African tribal society are depicted through the third person limited point of view that follows the main protagonist of the novel known as Okonkwo. The novel illustrates practices and values that are sanctioned by the society as they end up struggling to maintain their prevalence once colonists arrive. As a culture, the Ibo people of Things Fall Apart have practices that shape their society by showcasing what is seen as important. This includes their invaluable idea of masculinity in which they see to require strength and success. The patriarchal rule of Ibo society establishes the framework that leads to the perceived inadequacy of females and

Social rank and relative wealth play great roles in determining a person’s life in Umuofia society. Sometimes a man with sheer force of will cannot change his future through hard work. One of the main conflicts in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the clash between Okonkwo’s determination to succeed, his free will, and fate – which seems to have less appealing things in mind. Okonkwo’s will plays a major factor in determining his future; he chooses to kill Ikemefuna with his own hands, he chooses to kill a government official, and in the end, he chooses to take his own life. However, the pre-destined conditions of his life, his father’s failures, and a series of unfortunate circumstances ultimately lead to Okonkwo’s downfall.

Marriage has been a heated controversy for the past few years because people often marry for the wrong reasons. Anyone who thinks of an ideal marriage would think of two people loving each other and sharing a personal bond or goals together. Marriage is regularly defined as the legally or formally recognized union of two lovers as partners in a personal relationship. This definition remarks there is an actual connection between two people in marriage, but do people actually consider this when committing to “love” and “support” their partners forever? As research and studies have shown, people ultimately get married for many reasons, except love. This philosophy can be easily applied to the short poem, “Marriage” by Gregory Corso. In this emotional poem, the author argues marriage is more effectively understood or known for culture and convenience rather than through the abstract considerations of love. Here, we can identify people generally decide to marry for the incorrect reasons, for instance the story of the author himself. Corso finds himself confused multiple times, wondering if he should marry to not be lonely, for tradition and for his physical and mental health. He disregards love, a relationship or a connection with his future wife. General ways of convenience like loneliness, health and economic status between cultural stereotypes and religion are usually the true reasons of why people chose to have the commitment of marriage with another person.

In Things Fall Apart there are many cultural collisions created by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture. Through careful examination about the character Okonkwo in the novel “Things Fall Apart”, by Chinua Achebe, we come to realize Okonkwo was in fact un-accepting of the cultural collision. Okonkwo was sadly unable to adapt to the new society that was set forth to him.

Loss of control is also another important theme. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo shows to have complete control over his family. He consistently beats them and is hard on them and they are afraid and respect him. His eldest son Nwoye is abused most often since he reminds Okonkwo so much of his grandfather and is not the son he would wish him to be. Eventually Nwoye leaves and this shows that Okonkwo does not still have full control of his family. Also his is demonstrated in the village as a whole. When the Europeans came in, they did not look at the Ibo culture as ideal and pursued in converting it. At first there was not enough Christians to really impact their society, but as they built and expanded, they influenced others and soon they had many followers. The elders of the tribes were no longer in control and the Ibo culture was losing its significance.

People say that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe, centers around a man named Okonkwo who despises his late father. The story takes place in an African village during the 1800s. Okonkwo strives to be everything his father, Unoka, wasn’t. The entire village saw Unoka as a man who was lazy and unsuccessful. Okonkwo grew up with the mentality that his father had no redeeming qualities. Now a grown man, Okonkwo hates everything his father was and strives to be everything he wasn’t. However, while they are essentially polar opposites, Okonkwo and Unoka’s lives have a few parallels. Both Okonkwo and Unoka are stubborn in their own ways, are well known throughout the village, and have dysfunctional relationships with their sons.

The simplest and most basic foundation of a sociological civilization or group begins at the core center of sociology; which is marriage and the inner-fabric creation of a family. It is said that matches are made in heaven, however finding and defining your “soul mate” differs from one social group to the next. The social institution of marriage changes and adapts consistently through time, religious practice, and national beliefs. Many people believe they lead happy and satisfying lives without a marital partner, as others highly value and desire a life-long marital partner as the pinnacle achievement of their life.

The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe tells a story of an Ibo man, Okonkwo, who faces conflicts from his own society and that of the colonization by European missionaries. The combination of this conflict is what led Okonkwo, a well respected man in Umuofia, to his downfall. But Okonkwo wasn’t someone who’d give up without a fight. Before Okonkwo’s untimely demise his response to the collision of cultures were to resist and fight to stop the changes in his village.

Cultural beliefs are bolstered by those who are influenced by them, and often times when these cultural groups come into contact, their opposing beliefs lead to conflict. Unfortunately, these differences often are a catalyst for bloodshed and loss, and ultimately one culture replaces and suppresses the other. This idea of conflict between the metaphysical beliefs of societies is explored in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, a novel describing the events and downfall of the Igbo tribe in Africa as Western colonialism overtakes their traditional values. The book follows Okonkwo, a proud warrior and leader in the tribe who is prone to violence, which eventually leads to his exile from his beloved home.

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the protagonist, Okonkwo, represents a tragic hero due to the fact that he obtains a position of power and prestige within the Igbo community. However, he possesses a tragic flaw, which is his fear of weakness and failure, that will ultimately lead to his downfall. Okonkwo is a lead of the Igbo community of Unuofia. “Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even bayond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements” (Achebe 3).

Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart” chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a strong man whose existence is dominated by fear and anger, and the Ibo tribe, a people deeply rooted in cultural belief and tradition. As events unfold, Okonkwo’s carefully constructed world and the Ibo way of life collapses. The story of Okonkwo’s fall from a respected and feared leader of the Ibo tribe to an outcast who dies in disgrace dramatizes his inability to evolve beyond his personal beliefs, affecting the entire Ibo tribe beyond measure. The “things” that fall apart in Achebe’s novel are Okonkwo’s life – his ambition, dreams, family unity and material wealth – and the Ibo way of life – their beliefs, culture and values.

Things Fall Apart, a novel by Chinua Achebe, highlights the fight between colonialism and traditional societies. The protagonist Okonkwo is a man of high status throughout the nine villages and even beyond due to his many achievements, such as gaining fame as a young person when he defeated the undefeatable, a wrestler nicknamed “the cat”. He is strong and hard-working, unlike his father, Unoka, who has a tainted legacy of being effeminate and cowardly. Unoka died and left many unpaid debts, so Okonkwo works to build his wealth entirely on his own. As a result of being obsessed with his masculinity, he is brusque with his three wives, children, and neighbors, and is wealthy and powerful among the people of his village, which he is a leader

The marriage revolution has been a controversial issue since the dawn of time, and all that are and have been involved with “matrimony” are aware of the issues of the future. There can be no denying that the culture of marriage has changed. This very course is itself a great example of this fact. Much like any other sociological subject of any real concern, there are many “opinions” related to this issue. This paper will attempt to highlight marriage seen as the sociological transformation, marital erosion versus evolution, and why many people fail at marriage and what does it take to be successful in greater detail. This will allow you, the readers, to make up your own minds regarding this extremely multifaceted issue.