What Is Okonkwo's Point Of View Of A Third Person

The narrator uses a third person’s point of view making us understand who Okonkwo was from an outsider point of view and the Igbo culture . The use of the third person gives us a non-biased opinion on the character the description in the passage : ‘He was tall and huge,and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look .’ we can interpret that he was sturdy and imposing. The way he was described fits perfectly with his character. Okonkwo was a wrestler, one of the greatest of all time, as stated in the first paragraph of the passage. Due to his victory against ‘the Cat’, he received glory and honor from the old men. From this, we can deduce that in the Igbo culture the Elders are regarded highly and respected, we can deduce that they are important for the whole community.
The use of literary devices is to help the reader understand. The narrator used the simile ‘ …, but Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water.’ to make us picture how quick Okonkwo was during the fight. From this simple simile we can capture the fact that Okonkwo was a skilled wrestler and was quick to react as if he already knew what was coming next. By the same token, the main character’s personality shows. It is so because we can apprehend that Okonkwo was not taken by the emotions during the fight. He could have been anxious but he did not show it, he always tried to show that he was an honorable man and that he was not like his father. Achebe used an imagery to show us the Igbo’s culture, ‘ The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held their breath.’ This imagery tells us two things about the Igbo culture: the music and the interest in the fights. We can deduce that the Igbo people used drums and flutes for events and they were probably one of the main instruments. Further we can presuppose that the Igbo people had an interest in fights and was an important sport for them. Fighting was probably an intertribal