Essays on Chinua Achebe

If we look around at the whole universe today, there are tons and millions of cultures centered everywhere around the globe. With this much cultures in the universe, people are bound to believe that they’re all divergent. Even though they are dissimilar in some aspects,…

The issues of race and identity in Things Fall Apart stem from the Europeans’ determination to impose their ideologies on the Ibo people. On one hand, the native tribes adhere to strict belief systems that dictate their social lives. Just as the men are superior…

Often, children feel as if they have to live up to their parents and their expectations. This was not the case for Okonkwo; throughout the book, he is haunted by the incompetence of his lazy father, Unoka, who was a disgrace to him and his…

In Igbo culture, the expectation for men is to display dominance over women, which means that they cannot display any qualities associated with feminine actions otherwise they will be seen as a sissy or a weak-link which will decrease your image, masculinity, and power. In…

Every culture has different expectations when it comes to gender roles in Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, wrote about the Ibo culture and their lifestyle for most of the book to reflect the way they lived, so we could…

The Author and His Times: The author of the book Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe, and he was born on November 16, 1930 and died on March 21, 2013. Chinua has a unique perspective on the book because he is from Nigeria, the central…

Inside the culture of the Igbo, intricate storytelling is a cherished art form and a fundamental collaborative device. The younger ones gain knowledge through their ancestors’ past by attending their mother’s late night fireside stories, and members of the clan see communal values through stories…

A ‘terrible legend’, as showed by Greek intellectual, Aristotle, is ‘a man who is neither a paragon of greatness and value nor encounters the change to hardship through any veritable offensiveness or treachery however since of some misunderstanding.’ In the novel Things Fall Apart, made…

Things Fall Apart commences with Okonkwo occupying a deeply esteemed/respected position in the clan of Umuofia. Okonkwo’s fellow villagers find themselves regarding him with respect due to the fact that his status was acquired solely through personal effort. As a result of being raised by…

“Strength, fortitude, or hardiness traditionally associated with men as opposed to women or children” defines the word manliness as well as the Nigerians way of life in the late nineteenth century. If you were a man during this time you would work your whole life…

 In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe talks about cultural differences in Nigeria. Various characters like Okonkwo withstands the factional and religious regulations because he perceived that they are not “manly” and that he could not acquire an adequate amount of masculinity if…

Throughout the two novels, both the main characters of each book, Obi Okonkwo and Ifemelu, face a common phenomenon that numerous African immigrants face when they leave their home and find themselves outside of Africa; culture shock. Culture shock doesn’t only affect Africans however, it…

The sociology of gender examines how society influences our understandings and notion of differences among masculinity (what society deems suitable conduct for a “man”) and femininity (what society deems appropriate behavior for a “woman”). We examine how this, in turn, influences identification and social practices….

In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo, the main character lives in africa, and transitions from childhood to manhood with no help from anyone. His father was not a working man and he owed tons of people money but never did anything…

Okonkwo had risen so suddenly from great poverty and misfortune to be one of the lords of the clan, he was respected in his industry but Okonkwo’s brusqueness in dealing with less successful men was a striking flaw in him. He expects everyone to be…