“True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.”(Paul Sweeney)
Fear has ruled mankind since it’s creation. It is the force that drives man to do what he does, and it is through fear that man has survived. For some it is the reason that they thrive; for others it is twisting and is the reason they fail. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart demonstrates this idea through repeated use the fear motif. Okonkwo, the story’s protagonist, is seen by his clan as a fearless individual who has managed to endure every problem he has faced. However, throughout the story Okonkwo shows that he is not as mighty and infallible as he makes himself out to be- on the contrary, he is weak. He lives his life in fear of being unsuccessful like his father,
Fear has ruled mankind since it’s creation. It is the force that drives man to do what he does, and it is through fear that man has survived. For some it is the reason that they thrive; for others it is twisting and is the reason they fail. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart demonstrates this idea through repeated use the fear motif. Okonkwo, the story’s protagonist, is seen by his clan as a fearless individual who has managed to endure every problem he has faced. However, throughout the story Okonkwo shows that he is not as mighty and infallible as he makes himself out to be- on the contrary, he is weak. He lives his life in fear of being unsuccessful like his father,