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    of most African Traditional Religions. Those five central tenets are belief in a supreme being‚ belief in spirits/divinities‚ belief in life after death‚ religious personnel and sacred places and witchcraft and magic practices. In his novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe provides illustrations of each of these tenets. Okonkwo’s interactions with various other characters in the novel are indicative of the belief in these five central tenets that are found in most African Traditional Relgions. It’s

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    Fears of Okonkwo Everyone shows fear. Fear can cause an unpleasant emotion due to someone or something being dangerous‚ painful‚ or a threat. Many main characters in novels show fear. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo‚ the main character‚ who struggles with fear and battles it to become stronger. Okonkwo struggles with fear of becoming like his father‚ fear of looking weak‚ and fear of his children not becoming like him. Okonkwo shows fear of becoming like his father. Okonkwo reveals

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    In the novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe introduces his main character‚ Okonkwo. In spite of his father being a failure‚ Okonkwo starts working hard and sets goals for himself so he will not end up like his father. He wants to be prosperous and works hard to gain this‚ but does not always make the best choices. He is strong and hardworking‚ but he is also violent and very impatient. Okonkwo is both strong and hardworking. This complex character is described by Achebe as "tall and huge

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    People change all the time and from many different things. Looking at it people and events happening around them influence and dictate how someone can change.Sometimes a person will change to become someone or try and be nothing alike. In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the invasion of the western missionaries caused many people and tribes across the country to change. One character that may not have changed drastically‚ but still enough to affect the story is Okonkwo. Okonkwo was what was seen

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    Things Fall Apart‚ Othello‚ and The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass have a similarity‚ each has three important characters who experiences problems at different phases in their lives‚ reacts differently to these problems‚ and solves the problem in an emotionally or logically. Starting off with Things Fall Apart’s main character‚ whose name is Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a very strong willed man who encountered

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    Pema Chodron should be considered a spiritual teacher for anyone. Whether they are aspiring to have one‚ they already have one or don’t desire one at all. In her book‚ When Things Fall Apart‚ Pema Chodron exposes the overwhelming potential for happiness‚ wisdom and courage. She explains how one can experience all of these even during the most painful of circumstances. She introduces us to the face that there is an ultimate opportunity for the right of happiness that is right within our reach and

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    The way in which they raise us depicts who we are going to be. When Okonkwo was growing up‚ his father impacted his fear of being thought of as weak. He had to prove to his community that he wasn’t like his father. In the powerful story of‚ Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe he tells a story of an Ibo farmer (Okonkwo) who lives in Nigeria. Instead of controlling his fear‚ he allows it to take over him and force his actions on people. Although he is known for his fearlessness‚ he experiences this

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    In Things Fall Apart‚ author Chinua Achebe explores the effects of toxic masculinity in a small environment‚ the Umuofia village. Through Okonkwo‚ Achebe sets out to expose the flaws of taking masculinity to the extreme in a time of rapid change and foreign influence. Believing that the truest form of manliness is one of aggression and violence‚ Okonkwo buries himself further into his own ways‚ which in turn pushes his relationships aside. Throughout the text‚ Okonkwo makes it clear that physical

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    In the book Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe is about a great man meeting his fate over his ego. The main character Okonkwo had such a great ego that he did anything for his tribe. His ego led to him abusing his wife and children if the did something he didn’t like. He made mistakes and his ego was discredited by the tribe. At the end his ego got to him leading to his death. Okonkwo had a great ego and would do anything for his clan. The things he would do for his clan would involve his family

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    Principal Characters in ​ Things Fall Apart  Anene​  – Ekwefi’s first husband  Chielo​  – the current priestess of the oracle  Chika ​ – the former priestess of the oracle‚ during Unoka’s time  District Commissioner​ ­ the British official in charge of a particular African district  Ekwefi ​ – Okonkwo’s second wife; mother of Ezinma  Enoch​  – a Christian convert who killed the sacred python and sought confrontation with Igbo  traditionalists  Ezeani​  – the priest of the earth goddess  Ezeudu ​

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