Lit Log 4 According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, proverbs is “a brief popular saying (such as “Too many cooks spoil the broth”) that gives advice about how people should live or that expresses a belief that is generally thought to be true.” In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Achebe uses many proverbs during the course of the narrative. For example, in the novel it states, “As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with the kings.” (Achebe, page 8). This proverbs exhibits that due to Okonkwo’s father he was not respected since his father was a loafer. However, Okonkwo has built his own respect and fame in which he was not judged like his father now. He became known as warrior after he defeated Amalinze the
