Things Fall Apart: Rhetorical Lenses
THINGS FALL APART LENSES
Chapters One through Three: Marxist Lens In chapters on through three of Things Fall Apart by China Achebe, it introduces the protagonist, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a wealthy and highly regarded person in his village know as the Iguedo. Okonkwo’s main drive in life is to be manly and he actually fears weakness. He gained his title as a powerful warfighter by defeating Aluminize the cat in a wrestling match who, up until the fight with Okonkwo, was undefeated for seven years. The protagonist in this novel is also quite wealthy, as we see with his three wives, individually housed, and his eight children spread among them. At the end of chapter three, we learn why Okonkwo is as successful as he is, and that 's because he was disappointed with how his father lived and he wanted to be completely different from him in every way. The first section of chapters from this novel can easily be viewed through the marxist lens. The chapters immediately introduce all the characters as well as all of their customs. Here, readers can see how the tribe can be similar to today’s society because of the issue of money. The Iguedo also differs from today’s norms by excepting that similar traditions trump how they would instinctually run business. The marxism is well represented by China Achebe in this section. The first three chapters of Things Fall Apart by China Achebe, We are introduced immediately to the complex rules of Okonkwo’s clan and its commitment to peaceful traditions. However, Okonkwo’s clan members, in some ways, abide by the same social structure that we do today. Unoka, the father of Okonkwo, was not wealthy, and because of this, he died shamefully of swelling; it was “an abomination to the earth goddess” (16 Achebe). He left numerous debts unpaid, so in return, he was left in the veil forrest so it wouldn’t offend the earth by being properly buried. The clan’s values still stand with economic status just as we do. The first, second, and
Chapters One through Three: Marxist Lens In chapters on through three of Things Fall Apart by China Achebe, it introduces the protagonist, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a wealthy and highly regarded person in his village know as the Iguedo. Okonkwo’s main drive in life is to be manly and he actually fears weakness. He gained his title as a powerful warfighter by defeating Aluminize the cat in a wrestling match who, up until the fight with Okonkwo, was undefeated for seven years. The protagonist in this novel is also quite wealthy, as we see with his three wives, individually housed, and his eight children spread among them. At the end of chapter three, we learn why Okonkwo is as successful as he is, and that 's because he was disappointed with how his father lived and he wanted to be completely different from him in every way. The first section of chapters from this novel can easily be viewed through the marxist lens. The chapters immediately introduce all the characters as well as all of their customs. Here, readers can see how the tribe can be similar to today’s society because of the issue of money. The Iguedo also differs from today’s norms by excepting that similar traditions trump how they would instinctually run business. The marxism is well represented by China Achebe in this section. The first three chapters of Things Fall Apart by China Achebe, We are introduced immediately to the complex rules of Okonkwo’s clan and its commitment to peaceful traditions. However, Okonkwo’s clan members, in some ways, abide by the same social structure that we do today. Unoka, the father of Okonkwo, was not wealthy, and because of this, he died shamefully of swelling; it was “an abomination to the earth goddess” (16 Achebe). He left numerous debts unpaid, so in return, he was left in the veil forrest so it wouldn’t offend the earth by being properly buried. The clan’s values still stand with economic status just as we do. The first, second, and