Things Fall Apart #2

In the book Things Fall Apart, written by China Achebe, I consider Nwoye to be my favorite character because he represents sympathy and he has many emotions that most men of his tribe do not have.  It is his sympathy that makes him sensitive to drastic situations, such as the killing of baby twins in the Evil Forest.  Although Okonkwo does not have a strong relationship with him, Nwoye tries his best to make Okonkwo proud of him.  Okonkwo likes to wrestle, he likes to show off his strength to everyone, he is hot-headed and gets mad easily, and he expects his son Nwoye to be exactly like him.  Nwoye tries to be a good son, he follows his father everywhere and copies whatever he does. But there are times when Nwoye cannot be like his father.  There are times when Nwoye is sensitive, like that day when Ikemefuna was killed, Nwoye could not take that in and it caused a snapping inside of him.  He also has different viewpoints on their religion.  He does not understand why their religion and their culture allows them to kill baby twins, he thinks it's cruel and it's heartbreaking for him.  That is why he turned to Christianity, because he was convinced that it was a religion of peace.  It does not surprise me that Nwoye decided to convert to Christianity.  The one thing I like about his character is that he did not follow his father's footsteps, but instead he followed his heart.