Okonkwo, a relentless and fierce warrior, remains untouched in his undying quest to solely prolong the culture of his tribe in the period of religious war in Chinua Achebe's book, Things Fall Apart. Culturally his tribe is male dominant, males make decision in the tribe meetings, in households, and are above their wife’s, (inequality). He endures appalling experiences of conflict from other tribes, breathtaking disputes from within his own family, and treachery by his own tribe.
Igbo lifestyle is highly stylized, from its ritual speech to the actions performed for certain ceremonies. Most of these formalized interactions occur in an attempt to show respect to some external being – another man, an ancestral spirit, or a god. Respect and knowledge of one’s role in society is very important in determining …show more content…
Having a father how was lazy and do anything to better himself, Okonkwo grew a resentment for people who didn’t follow their roles in the tribe. Later carrying on this resent to his children, one of them being Nwoye, who was a slacker like his grandfather, and to his wives.
Igbo life presented in this novel revolves around structured gender roles. Igbo life is gendered, from the crops that men and women grow, to characterization of crimes. In Igbo culture, women are the weaker gender, but have unique qualities that allow them to be recognized, like the ability to give birth (Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc. 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 06 Oct. 2015.) An adequate amount of the gender theme in the book revolves around the concept of harmony between male and female forces. That includes the soul and body, sensibility and coherence, mother and father, Ying and Yang, etc. In the novel, Okonkwo is overly troubled with hyper masculine and devalues everything feminine, leaving him rather
Igbo lifestyle is highly stylized, from its ritual speech to the actions performed for certain ceremonies. Most of these formalized interactions occur in an attempt to show respect to some external being – another man, an ancestral spirit, or a god. Respect and knowledge of one’s role in society is very important in determining …show more content…
Having a father how was lazy and do anything to better himself, Okonkwo grew a resentment for people who didn’t follow their roles in the tribe. Later carrying on this resent to his children, one of them being Nwoye, who was a slacker like his grandfather, and to his wives.
Igbo life presented in this novel revolves around structured gender roles. Igbo life is gendered, from the crops that men and women grow, to characterization of crimes. In Igbo culture, women are the weaker gender, but have unique qualities that allow them to be recognized, like the ability to give birth (Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc. 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 06 Oct. 2015.) An adequate amount of the gender theme in the book revolves around the concept of harmony between male and female forces. That includes the soul and body, sensibility and coherence, mother and father, Ying and Yang, etc. In the novel, Okonkwo is overly troubled with hyper masculine and devalues everything feminine, leaving him rather