Okonkwo In Things Fall Apart

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Literary Analysis: character analysis In the book Thing Fall Apart the character okonkwo was the toughest dude in the book. He was known for achievements. Okonkwo has won so many respect throughout the village. What that mean is that the most respect you have from people the higher the title of respect is given to you. So Okonkwo and his family lived perfectly fine in the village. But one day something happen that okonkwo was kick out of clan and all respect and have to go to their motherland. During the years passing many thing sure as the missionaries came to Umuofia place and build a church other things.

Well was raise in a culture that has many gods and what they should do to god's. But when the missionaries came to the village they start talk about their god and how it the only god and all other gods are fake. In pg 179 a character called Mr. Brown and a member from the clan said this”There is no other gods ,said Mr. Brown . Chukwu the only god and all others are false. You carve a piece of wood like that and you call it god . But it is still a piece of wood.” .This quote mean that Mr. Brown want the ibo people to change and their fake god

But Okonkwo treated everyone nice and friendly but when the white people came Okonkwo and Umuofia thought and said this “The white had indeed brought a lunatic religion, but he had also built a trading store and for the first time palm oil and kernel became thing of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia.” [pg 179/1] This quote mean the hated toward the white and they were already judging the white and thinking that the want to take some ibo