He is a great warrior, feared and honored by many. ... He is Okonkwo, the great warrior. ... The tradition should be followed but that doesn't stop a woman to be treasured and cared for. ... Man and woman should be given the same treatment for they are created equal. Besides what makes a man different from a woman except for their organs? ...
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the protagonist, Okonkwo, who is determined not to be like his lazy and indigent father, doesn't understand that he can be kind and yet still be successful as warrior and farmer. ... He was referred to as "agbala" (Pg. 13), one who resembles the weakness of a woman, and has no property. ... You can be a strong warrior and a farmer without being a hostile person. ...
Fear, because he is working hard not to become like his father; anger, because all he inherited from his father is debts; no barns, no yam-seeds and on top he had, from an early age, to work to feed his family and his mother who implies as well his father: a woman could not eat if her husband was starving. ... These kids live shortly (not more than a few years) and this perpetual "born-die" cycle is the manifestation of evil spirits sent to bring misery in a woman's life. ... He might have been a true warrior but not a great warrior like Ezeudu. ... Warriors wear their war costumes, and t...
In the Ibo culture, nearly all actions and tasks are given gender, from the yams being a "man's crop," (p.23), to Okonkwo telling his daughter to "Sit like a woman!... Another respected woman is Chielo, "the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves," (p.49) who is so respected by Okonkwo that at one point he trusts her to carry his precious daughter miles away to the hills and caves in the dark of the night to talk with the Gods. ... "(p.175) He is a traditionalist who misses the strong, warlike nature of the clan that was strictly enforced...
He still remembers when many years ago his playmate called his father agbala - woman or man who has taken no titles. ... Responsible, hardworking, successful, dedicated to tribe and its rules, feared wrestler and warrior, trusted and respected member of society Okonkwo is exact opposite of his father. ...
"Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness" - Chinua Achebe, "Things Fall Apart" Things often begin to fall apart when one's future is directly related to the unfortunate events of the past. In this essay, I ...
A woman's place is in the house; taking care of the children, preparing the meals, and raising easy crops. ... She writes, "My primary concern is the woman's place within the larger social and political forces- (Jeyifo 3). ... Prior to his death, a great elderly warrior, Ogbuefi Ezeudu, told Okonkwo: "That boy calls you father. ...
