EA 3.2
Literary Analysis: character analysis
Nwoye Transforms
Growing up with the cultures and places changing constantly it is difficult not to be influenced. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe a boy name Nwoye was the one being influenced and changed due to the cultural collisions in Nigeria at this time. More specifically he was influenced by family,loss, and religion in which shaped who he was as a man and a individual finding his path. In this essay using textual evidence It will be highlighting how the new indigenous people had a major influence on Nwoye and why he decided to convert to a different religion.
One major way Nwoye was influenced was by his family. In which many readers believe led him to convert later on …show more content…
In Umuofia which was a small village in Nigeria they had a religion of Igbo but as indigenous people started to colonize a different religion came into play. This was Christianity and for some of the people in the clan in the village this new religion was Rebarbative, but the other part of the village saw a light of curiosity and sensible logic in the new religion. This caused a rising in issues because people from the clan started to convert to christianity because it was new to them and was more logical and less strict. On page 147 paragraph 5 we found out that Nwoye was one of these converts when the text said,” There was a young lad who had been captivated. His name was Nwoye.Okonkwo's first son.” The audience was shocked when this happens, when others saw it coming due to how his youth went. One thing that could be pulled from the change of the religion was that it was because these white men were confident and had a sense of empowerment from their beliefs. What reeled Nwoye in was,” He heard the voice of singing and although it was a handful of men it was loud and confident.”[page 152 paragraph 1] This intrigued him because this was fascinating in Nwoye mind that such religion came together giving off a harmonized tune in which echoed. This changed him in a way when he went home he faced his father with confidence when Okonkwo went off on him for being seen near the white-men. “Nwoye stood looking at him and did not say a word.” When this happens the audience could tell that this new spark was lit in him and that it would not be put out by his father. The authors purpose of telling us how Nwoye reacted was to show how Nwoye was not gonna be the son who would be walked on and be told how to live. Furthermore, it was showing the beginning of how Nwoye was becoming a man in his own definition. After the show down with his father we knew he was
Literary Analysis: character analysis
Nwoye Transforms
Growing up with the cultures and places changing constantly it is difficult not to be influenced. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe a boy name Nwoye was the one being influenced and changed due to the cultural collisions in Nigeria at this time. More specifically he was influenced by family,loss, and religion in which shaped who he was as a man and a individual finding his path. In this essay using textual evidence It will be highlighting how the new indigenous people had a major influence on Nwoye and why he decided to convert to a different religion.
One major way Nwoye was influenced was by his family. In which many readers believe led him to convert later on …show more content…
In Umuofia which was a small village in Nigeria they had a religion of Igbo but as indigenous people started to colonize a different religion came into play. This was Christianity and for some of the people in the clan in the village this new religion was Rebarbative, but the other part of the village saw a light of curiosity and sensible logic in the new religion. This caused a rising in issues because people from the clan started to convert to christianity because it was new to them and was more logical and less strict. On page 147 paragraph 5 we found out that Nwoye was one of these converts when the text said,” There was a young lad who had been captivated. His name was Nwoye.Okonkwo's first son.” The audience was shocked when this happens, when others saw it coming due to how his youth went. One thing that could be pulled from the change of the religion was that it was because these white men were confident and had a sense of empowerment from their beliefs. What reeled Nwoye in was,” He heard the voice of singing and although it was a handful of men it was loud and confident.”[page 152 paragraph 1] This intrigued him because this was fascinating in Nwoye mind that such religion came together giving off a harmonized tune in which echoed. This changed him in a way when he went home he faced his father with confidence when Okonkwo went off on him for being seen near the white-men. “Nwoye stood looking at him and did not say a word.” When this happens the audience could tell that this new spark was lit in him and that it would not be put out by his father. The authors purpose of telling us how Nwoye reacted was to show how Nwoye was not gonna be the son who would be walked on and be told how to live. Furthermore, it was showing the beginning of how Nwoye was becoming a man in his own definition. After the show down with his father we knew he was