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Over the course of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo finds his own struggle between traditions vs. changes. Moreover, Achebe shows over his course through the novel, whether change is a good thing or not. The abstract of Things Fall Apart shows, how Africans had a system of evaluating the self inspires many of the clan’s outcasts in order to embrace Christianity before the Europeans arrived as the novel states, “Okonkwo was deeply grieved…He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling separately, and he mourned for the [warlike] men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women" (183). This shows a great example of tradition since he mourned for the belligerent men of Umuofia. Because, Tradition and Culture showed …show more content…

One example is, Evil Forest is not actually evil, instead. It implies clinging to old traditions and their unwillingness to lead to a downfall when, Achebe does not pass judgment on their point of view, but he illustrates the kinds of circumstances which could make things fall apart. In addition, To some extent, Okonkwo’s resistance to cultural change is also due to his fear of losing societal status. His sense of self worth is dependent upon the traditional standards by which society judges him. To support, the author states, “He walked back to his obi to await Ojiugo’s return. And when she returned he beat her very heavily. In his anger, he had forgotten that it was the Week of Peace. His first two wives ran out in great alarm pleading with him that it was the sacred week. yet Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody half-way through, not even for fear of a goddess" (31). This shows that Okonkwo committed a sin during the Week of Peace by, beating his wife. at the same time, the earth goddess thinks it is legal to do that outside of the Week of Peace. Therefore, these are the bad things that are occurring in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart about

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