Growth Of Demise In Tuquabe's Things Fall Apart

Growth of Demise: Hailu The Conscript Within the novel death becomes something that the Habesha are grown accustomed to. Along with death the Habasha are grown accustomed to uncertainty. The uncertainty of the lands that they travel. The uncertainty of the people they fight. The uncertainty of whether they’ll survive or meet their demise. The uncertainty of whether they would have anyone to survive to see again. Total uncertainty of life and death. Tuquabo, in the beginning of the novel, lives a somewhat good life. He has everything he needs in his life. He has food on the table, cattle to tend to, and loved ones around him. He is also being educated and pleasing his parents. Everything was perfect. As his life progresses and he learns more and more of the war that rages on across the seas his morals shift and his life comes to a halt as he makes a decision that will change his life, and the lives of his most dear, forever. Based on the overheard whims of those around him, children, Tuquabo is stuck in contemplation. After much time spent in his state of contemplation, Tuquabo, as urked as ever, decides to join in the war. A decision that would have a profound effect on the direction of his life. The departure from his former life, even though brutal, was nothing compared to the perils to …show more content…
It starts off with his standards to please his parents, then are shifted to the idea of just being brave and courageous. He joins the war in fear of being a coward, despite his parents’ wishes. Is it a coward to fear the sights of war? Or, is it human? Tuquabo begins to resent himself for the decisions he made. He prays for his parents to be spared from the consequences ensued by his choices. How his character or morals might change soon after he learns that his inadvertently caused the death of his own mother after already witness so much death, would reflect most likely on a greater melancholy and self