Have you ever met someone who’s the complete opposite of you? In the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo and Unoka are completely different in strength and success with Okonkwo being strong and successful and Unoka being weak and a loafer. Though they may be very different they both share a common similarity, belief in cultural tradition. The differences and the similarity between them is what makes them unique characters.
First of all, the characters Okonkwo and Unoka are particularly different. One way they are different is that Okonkwo is strong and Unoka is weak. In the text it states,¨As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the cat,¨(pg.3) the quote demonstrates how Okonkwo proved …show more content…
One way they are similar is through their devotion of their cultural traditions. For example,” After the wind had been drunk Okonkwo laid his difficulties before Nwakibie.”(pg.21) As this quote implies, Okonkwo honors the tradition of the wine drinking by respectfully waiting till the act is finished. Words like “after” and “drunk” show how Okonkwo waited till the tradition was finished to talk about his difficulties. Similarly Unoka demonstrates his traditional act differently. As taken out of the text,”..Unoka’s band and their dancing egwugwu to come and stay with them and teach them their tunes.”(pg.4) As signaled in the quote Unoka spread his tradition with others to keep it going and have more people participate. Words like “spread” and “teach” show how Unoka wants to keep the tradition going and to respect it. Both Okonkwo and Unoka respect their tradition even with many differences. Indeed, Okonkwo and Unoka are opposites in strength and success, they both respect tradition which is why they are original. Okonkwo became strong and successful because of his determination to not be like his father Unoka while he became a loafer and a fruitless man. Their belief in tradition is the key that connected them together not only by father and son but man to man. Therefore their differences and similarity is important because it shows the characterization of the characters throughout the
First of all, the characters Okonkwo and Unoka are particularly different. One way they are different is that Okonkwo is strong and Unoka is weak. In the text it states,¨As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the cat,¨(pg.3) the quote demonstrates how Okonkwo proved …show more content…
One way they are similar is through their devotion of their cultural traditions. For example,” After the wind had been drunk Okonkwo laid his difficulties before Nwakibie.”(pg.21) As this quote implies, Okonkwo honors the tradition of the wine drinking by respectfully waiting till the act is finished. Words like “after” and “drunk” show how Okonkwo waited till the tradition was finished to talk about his difficulties. Similarly Unoka demonstrates his traditional act differently. As taken out of the text,”..Unoka’s band and their dancing egwugwu to come and stay with them and teach them their tunes.”(pg.4) As signaled in the quote Unoka spread his tradition with others to keep it going and have more people participate. Words like “spread” and “teach” show how Unoka wants to keep the tradition going and to respect it. Both Okonkwo and Unoka respect their tradition even with many differences. Indeed, Okonkwo and Unoka are opposites in strength and success, they both respect tradition which is why they are original. Okonkwo became strong and successful because of his determination to not be like his father Unoka while he became a loafer and a fruitless man. Their belief in tradition is the key that connected them together not only by father and son but man to man. Therefore their differences and similarity is important because it shows the characterization of the characters throughout the