Friday, December 8, 2017
Things Fall Apart
I like how in Things Fall Apart we get to read about a different culture. When books introduce new lifestyles, it provides us with another perspective that we get to understand. I find it fascinating how something that is normal and accepted in the Igbo culture is appalling and unthinkable in ours. We look at part of their culture in the novel and we don’t know how it could be acceptable in ours. I also think the fact that Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna because he didn’t want others to think he was weak is foreshadowing what is going to happen in the rest of the novel it shows how prevalent his fear of being weak is in the Igbo culture. I think that this fear makes up the tragic part of tragic hero.
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I agree with you, I love the fact that when we read we can experience someone else's culture.
ReplyDeleteI also agree it's very fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with this. It is indeed fascinating how there are vast differences in culture and lifestyles between then and there and here and now . I´m on the same page as you about Okonkwo´s fear of weakness affecting his actions and tearing apart his life !!!
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