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In “Things Fall Apart”, the author Chinua Achebe uses the character Unoka, who is Okonkwo unsuccessful father, and Ikemefuna, who was Okonkwo’s adopted son, to make Okonkwo a sympathetic character. Okonkwo has a lot of hatred towards Unoka so he puts a lot of effort to be the complete opposite of his father whereas with Ikemefuna he had created a strong bond and cared about him more than he did with his own son. Okonkwo has shown to be strong character who has made it a mission to be anything like

Okonkwo is the main character of this story “Things Fall Apart” and he is a man of title and strength. In the beginning of the story Okonkwo is said to be a fearless warrior who defeated the cat in a wrestling match. The cat is the strongest before Okonkwo arrive and that is because the cat never got his back to touch the ground in an wrestlting match, but OKonkwo is the only one that defeated the cat making he the strongest. Okonkwo is also strongest in intertribal war. He is fearless of the

Okonkwo chooses to take his own life because he realizes that the Christian church has taken over Umuofia and he doesn’t want to live in a world with anything different than his tribe and their customs and what he’s used to. When the church comes in with all their beliefs that are different from Okonkwo’s village, this upsets him, and then there is a chain of events that lead to him hanging himself. It all starts when Okonkwo is exiled for seven years because he accidentally killed someone. While

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In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo, the tragic hero, allowed his fear of failure to rule and ruin not only his life but those close to him. Eventually, his fear led to him committing suicide while his tribe lost its religion and culture and was overrun by Christians. Okonkwo’s hubris derived from his father, Unoka. Unoka was lazy, buried in debt, “womanly”, and irresponsible. Okonkwo was very ashamed because of his father’s reputation. To not be the man his father was, Okonkwo strived

In the Book Things Fall Apart by Chinue Achebe, The main character, Okonkwo, faces many challenges that causes him fear. Every time Okonkwo remembers his father he fears that he will turn out lazy like his father. Okonkwo crosses many lines to show that he is not afraid even going against the village’s wishes. Okonkwo faced challenges from outside forces that caused him to fear the future. All the fear that Okonkwo had bottle up inside him finally burst out and led to the end of Okonkwo. One of

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In the book Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe shows that through most of the part he shows that Okonkwo does not want to be anything like his father is . Okonkwo struggles with fear,showing weakness but that won’t stop him from being the brave person that he is . Okonkwo shows this through his actions and thoughts that everyone has a weakness to fear . Okonkwo , like any other person has a weakness. Okonkwo's life is ruled-over by "the fear of failure and of weakness". In the system where things or

Arrow of God written by Chinua Achebe is set in the 1920’s located in Nigeria. The book focuses on the main character Ezeulu, the Igbo people’s chief priest. Throughout the text we see Ezeulu have conflicts with other tribes and with Christian missionaries, get sent to prison for denying a position from the British, and Ezeulu having difficulties within his own tribe and their yam harvest (Achebe). All the events that happened in Arrow of God lead to a much deeper meaning. If we take a look

The piece I chose is a painting called Woman Reading a Letter by Gabriël Metsu, a Dutch painter who was active during the Baroque and Dutch Golden Age periods around the early to mid 17th century. The medium used is oil on panel and the painting is said to be created around 1664-1666. The painting shows two fair-skinned women: one seated at the left and one standing and the right, both appearing to take a break from their domestic activities. The use of these women as positive space on both the