a. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo and Obierika are best friends. Okonkwo is a leader of the lgbo community of Umuodia. He is the one who followed the traditional culture. In his culture, twins are evil. They have to put them in the evil forest if they get twins. Okonkwo refuses to compromise with the new culture from the white people. However, Obierika will think in a different way. In the book Things Fall Apart, Obierka was a “thinking” man. He is also a respected man in Umuofia. He often gives Okonkwo the reasonable suggestion. He cares about everyone’s life. “Obierika, who had been gazing steadily at his friend’s dangling body, turned suddenly to the District Commissioner and said ferociously: “That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog…” He could not say any more. His voice trembled and choked his words”(Achebe, Page 208). For the twins’ problem, Obierika does not …show more content…
A reader’s recommendation
a. I like Rocket Boys best because I think this book is very reasonable. The success will come if you work very hard. Sonny and his friend build their rocket in that kind of adversity. They fight with teachers, parents, and other people in the town. They trust themselves until the end. They do not care about what other people are thinking about them. They trust each other. This book is showing me a group of teenagers get together and find the hope of success. In general, this book gives me advise of never give up my dream and never be hopeless. It is very useful for me in my life studying in the US alone.
b. The book I liked the least is Twelve Angry Man, mainly for three reasons. First of all, this is the first time for me to read a play. I did not get used to read a play. Those conversations made me confusing. Secondly the names of the jurors are not clear because the author used numbers to name them. Thirdly, it is about law and it is kind of boring. I like the books, which are more
Although this book had no major affect on me, I learned how a boy can go through traumatic experiences and still have the will power to keep going on. That was the only thing that really affected me in the whole book.
In the novel, Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a sympathetic character and unsympathetic character in regards to his family relationships with his adopted son, Ikemefuna, his daughter, Ezima, and his father, Unoka, as a result of he appears to genuinely care about his family; but, the pride within himself prevents his expression of such pride and concern openly.
Some people are faithful to their religion, as for Okonkwo he was faithful to his religion and culture. Okonkwo thought nothing wrong until the missionaries came upon on the land. Before the missionary came he was a man who didn’t treat his family as a loving and caring one. Sometimes he wished for his children to be different than who they really are. Okonkwo didn’t know what his actions and thoughts could do to his people. Okonkwo had things planned but as soon the missionaries came alone he didn't know what was upon him. When they came to the land he had his future built for himself, he planned what to do but the plans changed and fell apart.
I would most definitely recommend this novel to those who like adventure. This novel is non-stop adventure filled novel staring a young boy against Mother Nature herself.
In Thing Fall Apart, we see a conflict early in the story between Okonkwo and his father, Unoka. "Okonkwo was ruled by one passion - to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness a...
...t, sweet, and kind) and ends the story as a partner in crime with Iago (dark, cynical, and crafty). In Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo and Obierika are two opposite characters. Okonkwo is stereotypical of the white’s view of Africans at that time, while Obierika is his counterpart. At both the beginning of the novel and up to his death Okonkwo is too filled with pride to see the changes around him. He is hot headed and unable to adapt, leading to his demise. The traits of both Othello and Okonkwo are important, because they show how the characters are flawed. The use of character types and character foils help point out these important traits. This allows the reader to better connect and feel for the characters in the story. In the end, the better the reader can connect with the characters, the better he can understand the true meaning of the story.
He was in great conflict with the ideas of the white men and the missionaries. Okonkwo saw that their beliefs had not only changed the daily life of the Ibo, but it also changed the people themselves: “He mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (Achebe 183). The author uses strong diction to compare the men before and after colonization. This quote also portrays Okonkwo’s opinion towards the cultural collision. He values strength and masculinity immensely because of his fear of appearing weak like his father Unoka. When he describes that the men of Umuofia changed to be soft like women, this shows how much he dishonors the Western ideas and how it has taken over the village. He made an attempt to get rid of the Western influence by urging the tribe to fight like men, but they refuse to. He was determined and still attempted to furthermore encourage the people of Umuofia to revolt against the new culture. He realizes that his attempts to return the village back to the way it was before were futile. He knew that Christianity was tearing his people apart, but knew he was incapable of making change to help his people. Okonkwo then starts to feel hopeless and abandoned by his clan, which causes him to commit suicide by hanging himself: “Obierika… turned suddenly to the District Commissioner and said ferociously: ‘That man was one of the greatest men
I enjoyed the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was filled with adventure and I liked how both conflicts were resolved at the end. I chose this book because Mrs. Donius recommended it to me. She said she loved it and it was one of her favorites. I would recommend this book to a wide range of readers. Anyone from the age of thirteen and older could enjoy this novel.
First, a book I have enjoyed is Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. I enjoyed this book because it has a lot of action between characters. For example, Veron and Scott. The book also grabbed my attention when Scott the main character would put English lessons into his writing. Scott would teach the reader about English. For example, “Tom Swifty’s.” Tom Swifty’s were taught by Scott to the reader. The last thing I enjoyed about Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie is the book being told in first person point of view. I enjoy first person point of view because you can understand what the main character experiences. This why I enjoyed Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie.
Throughout the novel, Obierika was known as Okonkwo’s guide or the complete opposite of his personality. Obierika did not have any big consequences when it came to the culture collision because he was not like Okonkwo and things did not fall apart for him. Obierika was one of the people that triumphed when it came to this culture collision. He was able to be flexible and think before he took any action. As for the rest of the Ibo tribe they had lost the battle. The white men have “put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (Achebe
Chinua Achebe?s Things Fall Apart is a narrative story that follows the life of an African man called Okonkwo. The setting of the book is in eastern Nigeria, on the eve of British colonialism in Africa. The novel illustrates Okonkwo?s struggles, triumphs, and his eventual downfall, all of which basically coincide with the Igbo?s society?s struggle with the Christian religion and British government. In this essay I will give a biographical account of Okonwo, which will serve to help understand that social, political, and economic institutions of the Igbos.
In life people are very rarely, if ever, purely good or evil. In novels authors tend not to create characters with an obvious moral standing not only to make their novel more applicable to the reader, but also to make the characters more complex and dynamic. Chinua Achebe uses this technique to develop the characters in his novel, Things Fall Apart. The main character, and protagonist in the novel, Okonkwo, is very morally dynamic showing some sensitivity to his family and friends, but in an attempting to rebel against his father, Okonkwo also exhibits the tendency to lash out violently.
Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, follows the tragic life of Okonkwo, a man who suffers a miserable fate due to the fear of failure that controls every action he makes. Though the fear of failure acts as motivation to become a successful and respected man at first, it later cripples Okonkwo in such a way that failure ultimately defines his life. Okonkwo is constantly afraid of being a victim of weakness and desperately tries to remain a strong and unyielding man. It is his overwhelming fear of weakness that causes things to fall apart in his life, as his attempts to avoid failure and weakness eventually lead to the ultimate defeat: his shameful suicide.
...ke one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (176). Obierika should be the character that the reader sympathizes with instead of Okonkwo; he deals with the injustices caused by the missionaries without the flaws of Okonkwo, emphasizing his innocence.
Obierika relationship towards Okonkwo is rather simple, they are close friends. “As your close friend I want you to take my advice” They share a close bond, Obierika watches over Okonkwo stuff when he's not around. He also helps him when he was exiled out of the