Friday, December 15, 2017
Things Fall Apart #2
The novel Things Fall Apart to me has been a very good book so far. I enjoy learning about a whole other culture with different beliefs and traditions. Although I'm not too fond of the huge "masculinity is important" type of thing, it's still living till this day. Also I was glad to see so far in this book that someone isn't afraid to not follow in their parents footsteps. This book could be related to todays events because children still don't want to live up to the expectations of their parents. That could be because that's just not who they are inside and some parents just don't understand that. Although I think that Okonkwo shouldn't hate his father because what message does that send to his children. Nwoye has problems too with his dad. Mostly because he converted to Christianity and his father didn't approve and had him beaten.
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I also find it really interesting to learn about the different cultures. I think the stereotype of masculinity is now a little bit leveled out because of rises in women empowerment. For many it is hard to live up to the expectations of their parents because there are so many demands.
ReplyDeleteI think its a good thing that the book speaks on how a person should find their own set of beliefs rather than not question a certain ideology because thats what their parents belief and so forth.
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