In Achebes' All Things Fall Apart Okonkwo is a self-made and well respected member of the Umuofia clan. Though much of his life has been influenced by an internal fear of being like his father. Okonkwo considers most of his fathers' attributes to be feminine, thus resulting in Okonkwo's behavior stemming from a reactionary desire to be completely …show more content…
She believes that she is ugly and irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. She thinks that if she stays to herself and avoids the happenings around her that the people and the world will in turn not see her. However she soon learns that no matter how hard you try to be invisible to the people around you. You can never escape the evils of the world we live in. After being groped by the two boys before school, she realizes that maybe the way she is going about life is not the most beneficial to her overall well being. She in turn decides to take better care of herself, but also accept her existence as an individual thus developing and starting to come into her own personal identity as a