Things Fall Apart Rash Decisions Essay
Rash Actions Can Ruin Relationships
Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart described most igbo people thinking that the idea of there only being only one god insane. Most believed that the missionaries were crazy. That is how Okonkwo also saw it, as the word of a crazy or drunk person. Therefor he never even considered that anyone related to him would even consider converting. That is most likely the reason why he lost his temper the way he did when he found out that someone related to him was planning on converting, but no matter what the reason, the incident still ruined the relationship badly. Therefore, Achebe shows the readers or his novel how rash decisions can ruin relationships through dialect and foreshadowing.
First and foremost, Achebe uses dialect to show those who read his novel how rash decisions can ruin relationships. Nwoye does not say a word in this whole passage. This probably because his is traumatized by the way Okonkwo was yelling at him. Okonkwo’s cousin, Amikwu, found out that Nwoye wanted to convert to christianity and …show more content…
After Ikemefuna was killed there was a lot of new tension between Okonkwo and Nwoye, setting the the stage for something to happen. The readers know before Okonkwo does that Nwoye wants to convert and readers can assume that it is not going to have good results, but what actually happens is still a mystery at this point. As soon as Okonkwo’s rash actions stop, due to his uncle commanding him to, Nwoye just “walked away and never returned” (152). This may seem like an end to their relationship, but Nwoye went to Umuofia where is father is to go himself in not too long. This can allow a reader to predict that Nwoye and Okonkwo will meet again, but there will be a lot of tension between they as implied by the fact that they do not even consider themselves father and son
Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart described most igbo people thinking that the idea of there only being only one god insane. Most believed that the missionaries were crazy. That is how Okonkwo also saw it, as the word of a crazy or drunk person. Therefor he never even considered that anyone related to him would even consider converting. That is most likely the reason why he lost his temper the way he did when he found out that someone related to him was planning on converting, but no matter what the reason, the incident still ruined the relationship badly. Therefore, Achebe shows the readers or his novel how rash decisions can ruin relationships through dialect and foreshadowing.
First and foremost, Achebe uses dialect to show those who read his novel how rash decisions can ruin relationships. Nwoye does not say a word in this whole passage. This probably because his is traumatized by the way Okonkwo was yelling at him. Okonkwo’s cousin, Amikwu, found out that Nwoye wanted to convert to christianity and …show more content…
After Ikemefuna was killed there was a lot of new tension between Okonkwo and Nwoye, setting the the stage for something to happen. The readers know before Okonkwo does that Nwoye wants to convert and readers can assume that it is not going to have good results, but what actually happens is still a mystery at this point. As soon as Okonkwo’s rash actions stop, due to his uncle commanding him to, Nwoye just “walked away and never returned” (152). This may seem like an end to their relationship, but Nwoye went to Umuofia where is father is to go himself in not too long. This can allow a reader to predict that Nwoye and Okonkwo will meet again, but there will be a lot of tension between they as implied by the fact that they do not even consider themselves father and son