When reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe , I enjoyed the different cultures and relationships demonstrated. To begin with , the way the elders are respected is a status very new and interesting to me. This makes sense because ultimately they have the most wisdom and have been through a lot. Okonkwo seems to have multiple wives all at the same time . Each one is disrespectfully treated the same and completely controlled by Okonkwo, but something completely ordinary at the time. This introduces the relationship customs that greatly differ from today´s . Furthermore , the fight for masculinity and the forbidingness of weakness is frequently shown throughout the book . This is especially displayed by the character Okonkwo but was regular behavior for men at that time. To conclude , the different African customs and traditions introduced throughout the book gave me a sense of how things and people were at that time and gave me a really good understanding of the setting .It also let me view things in an entirely new perspective, especially compared to our completely different community now.
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