Have you ever wanted something so bad that you began rebelling against your cultural beliefs or the ones you care about most in order to reach your goal? “Adult rebellion most often occurs when a person feels as if they are at a low in their life and needs a fresh approach” says Brittney Urban. Rebellion has become so common in our everyday lives, but especially in those characters of literature. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo strived his whole life to be everything but weak. By the end of the book he abandons his goals and morals by giving in on what is most important to him taking the easy way out.
In the novels I have chosen, A Doll 's House by Henrik Ibsen and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, all of the characters that are talked about …show more content…
To start, in the book, Nora lies as well as hides things from her husband Torvald, by taking a fairly large loan out of the bank without telling him. Not only did she hide something from her relationship but she also completed the task without thinking twice about even when it was extremely frowned upon during this time of …show more content…
Okonkwo in the book, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, rebels against himself and his own personal beliefs. His whole life he strives to become a true man, showing no weakness always pushing himself to be everything opposite of his father who was said to be someone who “lacked responsibility. He was poor, lazy, and neglectful of his wife, and he did not plan for the future. During his life, he never took a title and, therefore, never gained status or respect from the villagers.” (Achebe). Throughout the whole book Okonkwo wants to be a leader and looked up to by his village but that all takes a turn as soon as he rebels against himself. By the middle-end of the book, Okonkwo gives up. He shuts down and starts to not care about his goals and ends up giving up on himself. He begins to be put through great challenges which he finds unbearable, giving up completely and taking the more easy and less stressful way out by committing
In the novels I have chosen, A Doll 's House by Henrik Ibsen and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, all of the characters that are talked about …show more content…
To start, in the book, Nora lies as well as hides things from her husband Torvald, by taking a fairly large loan out of the bank without telling him. Not only did she hide something from her relationship but she also completed the task without thinking twice about even when it was extremely frowned upon during this time of …show more content…
Okonkwo in the book, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, rebels against himself and his own personal beliefs. His whole life he strives to become a true man, showing no weakness always pushing himself to be everything opposite of his father who was said to be someone who “lacked responsibility. He was poor, lazy, and neglectful of his wife, and he did not plan for the future. During his life, he never took a title and, therefore, never gained status or respect from the villagers.” (Achebe). Throughout the whole book Okonkwo wants to be a leader and looked up to by his village but that all takes a turn as soon as he rebels against himself. By the middle-end of the book, Okonkwo gives up. He shuts down and starts to not care about his goals and ends up giving up on himself. He begins to be put through great challenges which he finds unbearable, giving up completely and taking the more easy and less stressful way out by committing