Part one of term paper
Throughout his book Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe uses certain incidents and emotions that capture the spirit of the Ibo people. He shows us what it must be like to live in such a world and then face such gigantic opponents and low odds. The story tells of Okonkwo, a strong man whose life is dominated by the fear of showing a "weakness", ...

Part two of term paper
... of showing emotion, and of being thought weak. From his early days, this had been his one obsession. When he was young, he saw his lazy father waste away, barely supplying enough food for his family. Okonkwo suffered numerous untold terrors; fears of being labeled agbala like his father before him. He was ashamed of his father and everything that his father had loved. Supporting his family at a very young age, Okonkwo made up his mind. He would not, could not be weak like his father Unoka. He woul ...