How Does Okonkwo Influence Things Fall Apart
King Lear was one of the play of Shakespeare’s which written in 1605 and was famous for its tragic. Things Fall Apart was completed in 1959 and it was considered as the first novel which written by the Nigeria writer Chinua Achebe. It was praised as the first novel that written in English language by a native African writer and has captured readers attention throughout the world. In King Lear, the old Lear wanted to step down from his throne, so that he planned to divide his territory equality to his three daughters. However, he putted his three daughters into a test that asked them to praise him before he distributed his territory to his daughters. His eldest daughter, Goneril, and second daughter, Regan flattered him with
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Okonkwo was born in a poor family. His father was a coward and did not want to do his form work. Their family was mocked by their neighbors because of the poverty. As the book expressed “with a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife.” (Things Fall Apart, Chapter 3, Page 13) However, Okonkwo was eager to be the excellent one, this is his natural instinct. He determined to be a real man that be respected by his neighbors through his hard working where it says, “But in spite of those disadvantages, he had begun even in his father’s lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful.” (Things Fall Apart, Chapter 3, Page 13) Despite of suffering process to being a successful person, Okonkwo kept his target and overcome his goal in the end. He got asserts that envied by others. He praised the value of labor because he believes that it is fair that people able to succeed through their hard working. In the funeral of Ezeudu, Okonkwo killed the deceased person’s sixteen-year-old son. Although it is natural to uses his rest of life to pay for the life killed by him, but he was released under the protection of the local convention. After that, he went to the relatives of his mother as a refugee and was allowed come back after seven
Okonkwo was born in a poor family. His father was a coward and did not want to do his form work. Their family was mocked by their neighbors because of the poverty. As the book expressed “with a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife.” (Things Fall Apart, Chapter 3, Page 13) However, Okonkwo was eager to be the excellent one, this is his natural instinct. He determined to be a real man that be respected by his neighbors through his hard working where it says, “But in spite of those disadvantages, he had begun even in his father’s lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful.” (Things Fall Apart, Chapter 3, Page 13) Despite of suffering process to being a successful person, Okonkwo kept his target and overcome his goal in the end. He got asserts that envied by others. He praised the value of labor because he believes that it is fair that people able to succeed through their hard working. In the funeral of Ezeudu, Okonkwo killed the deceased person’s sixteen-year-old son. Although it is natural to uses his rest of life to pay for the life killed by him, but he was released under the protection of the local convention. After that, he went to the relatives of his mother as a refugee and was allowed come back after seven