Essays on Okonkwo

“Okonkwo’s fear was greater than these. It was not external but lay deep within himself. It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father”. In the book of Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe, casts the main character,…

The book Things Fall Apart composed by a youthful Chinua Achebe in 1958, however a work of verifiable fiction, has moved toward becoming piece of the composed works that must be counseled in any ethnographic overview of the Igbo individuals Ibo, to Chinua Achebe himself….

Chinua Achebe’s tale, Things Fall Apart, recounts the tale of Okonkwo’s achievements and his death. Okonkwo is resolved to turn into a master of the family, however, he experiences a few mishaps in route. At eighteen, Okonkwo gets huge in his general public because of…

Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Chinua Achebe, an African writer who is able to shed a new light on the emotions that the African people went through when Europe starts to establish colonies on their land. It is told through the eyes…

A tragic hero is a literary character that possesses a certain flaw that leads to their own self-destruction. The idea of a “tragic hero” was first presented by Aristotle, an Ancient Greek philosopher. The characteristics of these types of heroes are hamartia, hubris, peripeteia, anagnorisis,…

Okonkwo is a respected leader of the Umuofia tribe, belonging to the Igbo people; however, he lives in fear of resembling his father, a man known for his laziness and cowardice. This is why Okonkwo has made every effort throughout his life to be the…

‘Things Fall Apart’ is written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, “the founding father of African literature… in the English language,” referred by the Harvard University philosopher K. Anthony Appiah. He was born in Eastern Nigeria in 1930. During his interview by the Atlantic, he said…

The Igbo culture have beliefs on what is needed to follow based on rules to stay safe. Overall people believe there are different outcomes when an unexpected event occurs, and on what should be done. Needing to understand actions develop their cultural outcomes when followed….

Okonkwo is the main character of Things Fall Apart. He passed through many issues and bad situations in his life, such as tragedies, and many other suffering moments. But Okonkwo dealt with all of this pain in very different ways, he used all of that…

I believe that Okonkwo is a tragic hero. I say this because Okonkwo was a physical specimen who had the work ethic to accomplish anything he wanted to and become the most powerful man in his village. He was motivated by fear of being looked…

 In the book, Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is an important character. He lives in the village of Umofia and he was very wealthy. He had accomplished so much in his society including growing a lot of yams, having many wives, and holding a high position…

A hero is defined as; a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding, achievements, or noble qualities. Okonkwo was admired for his wrestling and masculinity. However his character traits and actions are not considered heroic acts, because of his insecurities and desires to…