Things Fall Apart Violence Analysis

For the question on Things Fall Apart, it is when is violence ever justified? Now in this book there is indeed a lot of violence in here. You have Okonkwo's beating and berating his own wives, wrestling, and a lot anger directed towards anyone. For his own action has been kinda justified but he still keep on going. Somewhere in the story there was a holiday for the week called the week of peace. It was an event that nobody was to show violence but apparently Okonkwo broke the rules and he’s forced to give up some of the essential resources. What do I think about his actions? I think about him doing these rough things as a way to prevent him from dwelling in weakness like his father Unoka. For his sons he would usually berate them for not doing the right …show more content…
I have to admit the violence that is showing in the story might be a bit cruel. This is how his son die from violence. Ikemefuna was killed because of a decision made by Okonkwo. The reason being is because he is afraid being weak like his father, although this decision was a bit cowardly. After his death, Okonkwo realised this decision was poor and regrettable, also this made distance between him and Nwoye. For this act of violence he wasn’t justified, and sure he regretted it but, after a while he just brushed it off like it was nothing. What makes me mad is that he still cause an act of violence towards his wives. It is true that violence doesn’t solve anything but this is a little much to begin with. I was thinking that his family will break down and the wives can’t really do anything against him. They’re just subjective to him, helpless against his cruel ways. Another thing that he did was when he asked to attend his friend’s funeral Ezeudu. What he had to do was salute in his honor with guns and two other people. Instead, during the salute he accidently shot the gun and the next thing you know Ezeudu’s son is