Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, portrays the life of Okonkwo, an accomplished. extremely-masculine, leader of the African Igbo Tribe of Umuofia. Those of the Igbo Tribe endure an extreme culture shock when Christian missionaries come to preach the religious beliefs of “Jesu Kristi”, the son of all powerful, “Creator of all the world and all the men and women.” (Achebe 145). The feminine subjects and outcast of the Igbo tribe are initially drawn to the religion for the sense of unity and community. The “white men” won over Nwoye, Okonkwo’s unmanly son who publically shames his father by turning to the faith that the missionaries where teaching. The Umuofia Tribe falls apart because they preach masculinity and power however, the missionaries welcome the misfits and the women with open arms. …show more content…
People laughed at him because he was a loafer.” (Achebe 6). This drove Okonkwo to succeed in life. Okonkwo's hard work and prowess in war have allowed him to achieve high status in his Umuofian Tribe. Okonkwo now has three wives and many kids, one being Nwoye. “Okonkwo was ruled by one passion - to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness.” (Achebe 13). Okonkwo was brutal and very judgmental to his children and wives. He could not except mistakes made by his wives or the feminine side of his
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, portrays the life of Okonkwo, an accomplished. extremely-masculine, leader of the African Igbo Tribe of Umuofia. Those of the Igbo Tribe endure an extreme culture shock when Christian missionaries come to preach the religious beliefs of “Jesu Kristi”, the son of all powerful, “Creator of all the world and all the men and women.” (Achebe 145). The feminine subjects and outcast of the Igbo tribe are initially drawn to the religion for the sense of unity and community. The “white men” won over Nwoye, Okonkwo’s unmanly son who publically shames his father by turning to the faith that the missionaries where teaching. The Umuofia Tribe falls apart because they preach masculinity and power however, the missionaries welcome the misfits and the women with open arms. …show more content…
People laughed at him because he was a loafer.” (Achebe 6). This drove Okonkwo to succeed in life. Okonkwo's hard work and prowess in war have allowed him to achieve high status in his Umuofian Tribe. Okonkwo now has three wives and many kids, one being Nwoye. “Okonkwo was ruled by one passion - to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness.” (Achebe 13). Okonkwo was brutal and very judgmental to his children and wives. He could not except mistakes made by his wives or the feminine side of his