Okonkwo And Conflict

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How do people react to conflict? Depending on the situation everyone will react differently to different situations. LIke if it is a negative conflict people will react badly. On the other hand though if it is positive conflict people are more likely to react positively.

One example of a negative/positive conflict is okonkwo and his desire to be better than his dad. This is positive because he has goals. He doesn’t give up when conflicts arise in his acts to be better. This is also negative in many ways. He is willing to drop his family and kill people who get in the way. He is willing to drop his son because he didn’t fit into his picture. He was so consumed with this image of what he had to be so he wouldn’t be reminded of what his father

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