Igbo language

considered feminine and unmanly. The Christians had lots of stories and they didn’t consider them feminine and unmanly, which became another factor for Nwoye to convert. Nwoye sees Christianity as an escape from his daily life and the demands of the Igbo…

The novel, “Things Fall Apart”, by Chinua Achebe, tells the tragic yet heroic story of the demise of a legendary man called Okonkwo. Okonkwo, the son of Unoka, whose reputation of discontentment preceded him, also condemned his father, seeing him as weak and soft. Ashamed of his father’s inability to demonstrate, what he believed to be the strength, wealth and overall dignity of a man, Okonkwo was determined and therefore destined to live a life furthest from the complacent nature of his father…

anagnorisis. Okonkwo is a hardworking bellwether of the Igbo community of Umuofia. Okonkwo’s tragic imperfection is his trepidation of failure. His father was the derivative of this trepidation. Okonkwo's father was an indolent character who had accumulated so much debt he owed every single individual in the clan some amount of money, some more than others. Okonkwo’s inability to relinquish his trepidation of failure led to his fall from grace in the Igbo community and eventual suicide. This…

In the book, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe thoroughly makes it clear important strength is in the Ibo Tribe. Throughout the story we learn how Okonkwo has persevered from his father's misfortune and poverty, to becoming one of the tribes greatest war heroes. The strength he showed when “Throwing the cat,” and bringing the heads of his enemies back, made him powerful in different aspects. One being having several wives, which in his tribe alone made him both powerful and successful. In the…

What To Do When ‘Things Fall Apart’ Just as the title of the novel suggests Okonkwo's downfall is caused by his inability to follow the morals of his culture and to adapt to colonization. Things Fall Apart , a historical fiction novel by Chinua Achebe, takes place in Nigeria around the turn of the 19th century which is extremely important; it means Okonkwo’s life is in both, the pre- and post-European era. This allows Achebe to give Okonkwo a more complex, old fashioned, and unique…

Characterization of Nwoye Inhabited by the Ibo for countless generations, the village Umuofia is brought down to its knees in a generation of British colonization. As the British colonized areas in and around Umuofia they brought with them Umuofia's death certificate; religion. This new religion, Christianity, attracts many locals who are intrigued by the fundamental ideals which include equality, love and a personal relationship with God. No one was unsusceptible to this attraction and many…

Things fall apart a novel about intertwining stories. Both these stories center on Okonkwo a strong man of an Ibo village in Nigeria. Okonkwo is the main character in this novel. He has many problems in his tribe all these due to his father Unoka. Who is one of the weariest men in this novel? Okonkwo has many children but he has relationships with only two in the novel. Okonkwo is the influential clan leader of Umuofia. Okonkwo is a strong man of an Ibo village in Nigeria. “His fame is rested on…

Cultural surroundings have a great affect on characters, and even shape their moral traits. In Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe the main character Okonkwo is deep set in his Ibo cultural beliefs, which has a large effect on his moral traits; this can be seen in his actions towards his family, his kinsmen, and the white christian missionaries. Thus illuminating the theme of cultural surroundings affect one’s moral traits. Okonkwo’s harsh actions towards his family helps to show how his…

In the novel "Things Fall Apart", Achebe expresses how the new colonizing community effectively suppressed the indigenous tribes in Africa through merciless and uncompromising methods. The oppression of the Ibo tribes did not consist of an immediate takeover, but was instead implemented through a subtle reworking of Ibo values. The colonizers began by introducing a counterculture and refusing to acknowledge Ibo beliefs. While initially creating a façade of peaceful missionary work, the…

In the novel “Things Fall Apart” the Igbo traditions are highly questionable as they prioritizes specific things and makes certain groups, especially those of a different gender, seem less powerful. One positive role the Igbo traditions enforces is of rewarding the hard and dedicated workers a higher and respected title. I think that one way the villagers were influenced by this tradition was that it focuses on one's achievements rather than family background. “Age was respected amongst the…