EA 3.2
Literary Analysis: character analysis
An individual’s persona and character can have an ongoing effect to how they react to events. However, it is how they react to these particular events that can affect the overall purpose of the author’s text. In which, this all relates to Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, as Okonkwo’s personality traits lead to how he reacts to certain cultural events. These events being, the disruption of a new western culture slowly gaining dominance and control over Umuofia's traditional ways of living with the influence of the Christian religion The way he reacts to the situations, in particularly, sways the text as a whole; as well as shows the author’s purpose and meaning of the piece of literature. Nevertheless, it is Okonkwo’s dominant character that leads to his violent reaction with foreigners of a different culture. His reactions to that event furthermore shows that the author’s purpose of the text represents that a few mistakes can lead to one major disaster in the long-run.
Beginning with the personality of Okonkwo that causes his …show more content…
Likewise, his reactions alter the story and helps the audience convey what the meaning of the novel was. His personality was very many and domestic. This, leading him to disown his son, and attempt to go to war with Christian missionaries; when he ended up committing suicide as a result. Those reactions to a new culture shifts the text, as well as gives the novel an overall theme of how simple mistakes can cause a devastating ending. All in all, this explains Okonkwo’s character traits, and how he reacts to new cultures as a result of who he is. Therefore, gives Chinua Achebe’s novel a variety of different themes, and an overall purpose for the
Literary Analysis: character analysis
An individual’s persona and character can have an ongoing effect to how they react to events. However, it is how they react to these particular events that can affect the overall purpose of the author’s text. In which, this all relates to Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, as Okonkwo’s personality traits lead to how he reacts to certain cultural events. These events being, the disruption of a new western culture slowly gaining dominance and control over Umuofia's traditional ways of living with the influence of the Christian religion The way he reacts to the situations, in particularly, sways the text as a whole; as well as shows the author’s purpose and meaning of the piece of literature. Nevertheless, it is Okonkwo’s dominant character that leads to his violent reaction with foreigners of a different culture. His reactions to that event furthermore shows that the author’s purpose of the text represents that a few mistakes can lead to one major disaster in the long-run.
Beginning with the personality of Okonkwo that causes his …show more content…
Likewise, his reactions alter the story and helps the audience convey what the meaning of the novel was. His personality was very many and domestic. This, leading him to disown his son, and attempt to go to war with Christian missionaries; when he ended up committing suicide as a result. Those reactions to a new culture shifts the text, as well as gives the novel an overall theme of how simple mistakes can cause a devastating ending. All in all, this explains Okonkwo’s character traits, and how he reacts to new cultures as a result of who he is. Therefore, gives Chinua Achebe’s novel a variety of different themes, and an overall purpose for the