Childhood Trauma In Things Fall Apart

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Childhood trauma and events are an important topic. The impact of childhood trauma and events can be seen in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. On page 151 it states “Nwoye struggled to free himself from the choking grip, answer me roared Okonkwo, before I kill you.” Okonkwo grabbed Nwoye, his son by the neck because Nwoye decided to convert into Christianity along with the white mens. He wanted to convert to another religion because he didn’t like his father and what their way of teaching was. Okonkwo and Nwoye were raised in the Igbo culture. He didn't like that they killed for revenge. While Okonkwo is harsh because of his culture, Nwoye wants to be different than his father. This shows that his father had an impact on how he

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