Nwoye In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

His Struggle to Find his Place.

Nwoye’s character was struggling to find where it was that he belonged. He was struggling to make the relationship with his father work, and the only thing Nwoye and Okonkwo had in common is their need to be completely unlike their father. Okonkwo made Nwoye feel like he was useless and unwanted. Nwoye just wanted to be peaceful, and to be his own person. Nwoye’s character affected the novel because his character was hopeless and unneeded at first, and then was able to find out where it was that he had belonged.
Nwoye’s character may have been added to give the reader a way to connect to the novel. As people can relate to looking for their path in life, and dealing with trying to make everyone happy. But Nwoye had had enough, and decided to make a change for himself. Which most people have wanted to do but have been too scared

Nwoye values when people are able to handle things maturely, without any unnecessary aggression. Whenever Nwoye had witnessed someone being violent (normally his father) he would become saddened, and would have an extremely hard time coping and getting over the incident. For instance, when he had to deal with the burden of his father killing his brother. “As soon as his father walked in, that night, Nwoye knew that Ikemefuna had been killed, and something seemed to give way inside him, like the snapping of a tightened bow.” (44)
Nwoye was one of the characters that was affected most by the cultural collision. The collision had a positive outcome for Nwoye, and helped him to get away from his father. Nwoye at first was upset about the ending of his relationship with his father. "What are you doing here?" Obierika had asked when after many difficulties the missionaries had allowed him to speak to the boy. "I am one of them," replied