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Paper 2 Prompt: Children often inherit their values from their parents. Explore to what extent this is true for Okonkwo. NEEDS TO BE EDITED - contextual information of Igbo - honour and pride - manhood - wealth - focused cultural context In terms of values, Okonkwo certainly did not inherit his from his parents. As a child, Okonkwo's father Unoka was known as the laziest man in Umuofia. He never paid back the abundance of debts he owed many people and never got rewarded a title of any sort. Unoka never attempted to rescue his dying crops in order to provide food for his family, instead, Okonkwo was left to make sure his family ate. Okonkwo's father never became a warrior seeing how he could not stand the sight of blood. Okonkwo's most significant hopes were to make sure that he would never turn out to be the man his father once was. His entire life, Okonkwo strived for excellence. Unlike his father, Okonkwo achieved many great things throughout his life. He had three ...

T hings Fall Apart  written in 1958 by Chinua Achebe consists of many main events. One of the events I thought was very important to the story was in the beginning when Okonkwo wins the wrestling match against the 'Cat'. This was a significant event to the plot as this is where Okonkwo's journey to success really started. Before he overthrew the 'Cat', he was seen as a version of his father. His father, Unoka, was a very lazy, effeminate and weak. He was very unsuccessful and irresponsible. Okonkwo despised this about his father and swore to himself that he would never be the man that his father was. When he overthrew the 'Cat', people started to see him differently and gave him respect. Another even that I would consider quite important is when Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna. This is important because for the past three years Ikemefuna had lived with Okonkwo and his family. He became a major part of their daily lives and was the reason that Okonkwo's son Nyo...

Why would Achebe choose to set his novel prior to and during the arrival of the colonial administration as opposed to during the context of production? The novel Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe was published in 1958. I think the reason Achebe chose to write  Things Fall Apart  prior to and during the arrival of the colonial administration mainly to include the tribal traditions that were around 1880s.   Achebe knew that people would not try to restore, (to try to commemorate), Nigeria's traditions, beliefs, stories etc. as they are a third world country.  As many of us are well aware, (and some guilty for believing), single-sided stories are supposedly what defines a country nowadays and the media is a major factor as to why we believe these single-sided stories.   Culture and traditions of a country are part of what makes it unique to the rest of the world. As countries are evolving, things such as tradition tend to fade....