Things Fall Apart
The first time that I set my eyes on this book, I thought that the culture of Niger was peculiar and different from what I have been thinking. Usually colored people have culture that is close to nature, and regard patriarchy and honor very much. But through this book I learned that even though their culture is not very different from what I expected it's unique and creative also. Usually we think Africans don't have culture because they are uneducated and undeveloped. They bear too many children, have no government, believe in superstition belief. This kind of thinking is because we are ignorant of their culture. Maybe it's because all we see is how they look outside. After reading this book, anyone would think that they want to visit Africa. Their compound, house made of mud, songs they sing, music and sword called machete that they use when cutting yems. And also used when killing Ikemefuna. If I could get a chance to go into the book I would visit Okonkwo and his village to see the incidents that actually happened in the book with my own eyes and ask them questions. They don't have government nor laws but they have culture and they are grouped and in order. To better understand their culture, let us explore some things about A
- When they first brought Ikemefuna to the village, he was ignorant of his position and was in a great deal of fear. He was afraid that he might never see his family again. Taken apart from his family, even before Okonkwo's threat not to cry, didn't matter to him. He was in great deal of shock and his heart ached. His heart ached because he missed his family. Ikemefuna was victim of his father's crime. Sacrifice offering to hold back war. Without knowing this, Ikemefuna dragged to the Okonkwo's family and was forced to live in strange house with strange people. But with his manly behavior, he gained Okonkwo's love. He got along well together with Okonkwo's first son Nwoye. He missed his family but he was happy being with Okonkwo's family. Okonkwo was well known and respected man in the village and he loved Ikemefuna as a son. But he was afraid people might call him a coward or woman if he got emotional and wouldn't let them kill Ikemefuna. He didn't know that not standing up to what he belived was more cowardly act than letting them kill Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was brutally killed and Okonkwo got afraid. Maybe he got scared because Ikemefuna might come back from his grave and cut his throat. Because his effort to become successful was great, he expected same from his son Nwoye. His expectations toward his son Nwoye was immence. His first son Nwoye was a good boy with a heart that his father lacked. But Okonkwo didn't know that these things were more important than being successful. He always thought Nwoye lacked manhood and toughness. He didn't like it. He continuously told Nwoye to become a man and wanted him to work harder. Hard labor and diligence was the most important thing to Okonkwo. He was a good father and a husband but was a tyrant and a dictator. He wanted everyone in the family to be in control and he decided whatever was right to him. He was courageous and was a war hero. He had killed 3 people in the war. His views toward woman is very simple. He doesn't care. Whoever saw him beat his wife would know that he had no regard for woman's feelings. But actually some part of their culture tell us that they value woman. We see in the beginning of the book that when a woman was killed in the market place by a man from other village, they were ready to break into a war. They take woman's life seriously. frica with subtitle in the book. The subtitled issues are 7 altogether. These are knowable and important. - Okonkwo's father Unoka had a pure mind. He loved music, loved to belong to the nature. But he had no yams nor title. He lack the ability to care for hi
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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