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Thing Fall Apart

Running head : THINGS FALL APART

Analysis of Chinua Achebe 's Things Fall Apart

Behind every man 's success or failure is a woman . So goes a well-known belief which can be observed in Chinua Achebe 's Things Fall Apart (1959 . Okonkwo 's downfall is not caused by the presence of a woman but it is caused by his disregard for a woman and his fear of having the character of a woman ' who is soft and weak . This aims to discuss the reasons for the failure of Okonkwo , the tragic hero of Achebe

's novel

Strong-Leek (2001 ) affirms that the ultimate downfall of Okonkwo is not caused by the white men who came to their land but it is caused by his seeds of self-destruction , which are deeply concealed in his desire to be the antitheses of his `feminine ' father ' Throughout his life Okonkwo has been controlled by his fear of failure and of weakness (Achebe , 1959 ,

. 16 . He firmly resolved that he will not become like his father Unoka who was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow (Achebe , 1959 ,

. 8 . So , he worked hard to rise so suddenly from great poverty and misfortune to be one of the lords of the clan ' And this caused him to be rough on less successful men such as when he said , This meeting is for men ' to imply that Osugo is a woman (Achebe , 1959 ,

. 28 . It is this fear to be characterized...

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