DIRECTIONS:
1. Write at least 3 paragraphs using 2 quotes "Things Fall Apart".
2. Each paragraph must begin with a topic sentence.
3. Every paragraph must be 5 to 7 sentences at length.
4. One paragraph should only have one topic except for the first introduction paragraph.
At one point the author pronounced that, "Okonkwo had clearly washed his hands so he ate with kings and elders".
QUESTIONS
1. Explain how Unoka raised his son.
2. What created Okonkwo's overbearing perception and behavior of how a man should act and think?
USE THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
Nathaniel Curry
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P3
9/16/10
Unoka raised his son to be respectful to his family first. Then he was supposed to be respectful to his tribe.his tribe was war like and was a very hard tribe to beat in war. Unoka respected his son and hoped that Okonkwo would follow in his fathers footsteps. And hoped that he would be a hardworking man. Unoka soon died and expected okonkwo to be a man his father was. And Okonkwo was on his own.
Unoka expected for okonkwo to be a real man not a fakie. Okonkwo was a very respectful man. He was a man that everyone cantrust. until he started breaking rituals and curesd the whole tribes harvest. the peace week soon then came and Okonkwo didn't make peace. He soon became a distrusted man. Okonkwo soon then started borrowing money. allthe things Unoka didn't want Okonkwo to be.
Okonkwo soon then dsirespecting the people of his tribe. Then he stumbles across a very strange boy.He admires the boy and his mother. But that still doesn't chang the fact that he is a faliure. So Okonkwo lived a very poor life with no money. No type of work. And a very old ragety hut. Then Okonkwo had to struggle for survival.
Mr.Avery
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social studies
Well i am going to be telling you about a story called things fall apart.This story is mostly about a man that had a son that was a good reserler.Now the father did not like blood.But the son did every time when the son had a fight the son would bing home the head oh the man that he had a fight with.So when the son came home in the storyit said that it was the fith head that he brout home.so when the father had died the son was all alone .he did not even have a cat to curl up with.
so in the second chapter the story says that a snake was never called by its name at night because then it would here.so instead of calling it a snake they called it a string so that the snake would not here.They also said that at the moonlight night it would be diffrent because the would hear the happy voices of the childern playing out side in the open spaces.And there would not be so many young people that they could hear they would hear the old women and men thinking about there youth.
so in the story on page 10 it is talking about the town crier asked all the men to got to the Umuofia tomarrow morning.so when onoka had went there he saw about a million men there or more.so the people started to talk they said umuofia kwenu then all the men said yay.so when the thing withall the men where over he had went home and for the rest of the day he thought about what the man said.
Alexus Williams
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Social Studies
9/15/10
Things Fall Apart
Unoka raised his son to be the best he could be. That means Okonkwo was raised to be respectful, generous and put family first. His father instilled obedience in hin since he is a child who needs to follow the rules and obey the instructions given to him. If Unoka didn’t raise Okonkwo to be this way, he would be disorganized and maybe even a failure. Unoka also instilled respect for the tribe in Okonkwo. If he wasn’t respectful, he wouldn’t have a good reputation to uphold him.
Soon after that,Okonkwa started being dishonest. He began borrowing money and doing all the things Unoka told him not to do. Because Okonkwo was very well known , nobody thought anything of it at first. When he cursed the tribe’s crops everyone figured something was wrong. Okonkwo wasn’t thinking about his actions at the time. He did things and said thing that he didn’t mean but way after he fell back into the same patterns and the same routines.
At one point Okonkwo was washing his hands to sit and eat supper with the kings and elders but now he isn’t doing anything to pull himself up again. No one could trust him. He could have been lieing about it everything he did. He had no one’s trust!
This is all because he was influenced by his father. His father told him not to do the things he did but for Okonkwo that was impossible. He didn’t want to end up like his father but it is hard to take advice from someone who tells you “Don’t do that.You’ll end up like me!” when they turn around and do what they told you not to. Like they always say: “What you say, is what you preach. What you preach is what you do. What you do must be what you preach.”
In other words: Practice What You Preach!
Justin Weekes
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Period 4
Social studies
16/9/2010
In this book “Things Fall Apart” there was this guy Okonkwo and he was a wrestler. His dad Unoka was a foolish man. He always spent his money when he had any. He would buy unnecessary things. Things like rum and he would become happy. He did this in front of his children. He often got drunk and didn’t care one bit about it. He could never ever pay his depts. No one ever let him borrow any money because he would never pay them back.
He did all of thin in front of his kids and set a bad example. He barley even raised them. His wife raised the all. He didn’t like the sight of blood I disgusted his. He hated wars and would never fight in them. His son grew to be strong. He wasn’t like his foolish father so his father had nothing to do with how he was raised.
His son had a plantation. He grew yams and had animals. He never went into debt. He beat the undefeated wrestler cat and was becoming third in charge in the village. He was tall and big plus he was a he was a heavy breather. His kids and wives say they hear his from all the way in their room. He was a brave young warrior.
Milan Montelibano
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Social Studies
9/16/10
In "Things Fall Apart", it is a story about a boy named Okonkwo. He lived in a village called Umoufia. In the story, Okonkwo beaten the Amalinze the Cat. He was a great skilled warrior and was respected. Now, he was very responsible. He grew up opposite from his father,Unoka.
Unoka was a lazy man. He owed too many people money. He was poor and untrusted. But, Okonkwo does the best for his family. However, he is afraid about his father's behavior. He thinks that he would get lazy too. Unoka raised him really hard. Unoka wnted him to be a hard working child. Then, after those long years Unoka died.
Finally, in "Things Fall Apart", Okonkwo gets older. When he gets older he became rougher. Every time his wife questions he gats angry. I think that was because of his father that caused the anger. When Okonkwo goes out to farm it just rains. He's like a bad luck.
Anthony Banks
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9/16/10
Unoka did not raise Okonkwo or his family very well.He was very poor and very lazy. He almost never had enough food to feed his family.He almost always was just laying around and never beat Okonkwo in his life.When he died he left the terrible land he owned to his son Okonkwo to run and work.
Okonkwo's father did directly afect his attitude toward life and work. Okonkwo is afraid that if he does not work hard he will end up as a failure like his father. It is for that reason that he does not tolerate trash.He made his own standard of a man by watching other men work and run their household.
Using these standards he decided that anyone who did not act as a man does to his standards he considers them to be a woman.This the preception that he has toward his father. His father's failures also created the brash and harsh attitude and sociallity Okonkwo is seen eith. But many think that deep down past the fear he is more gentle and thoughtful
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3rd Period social studies
9/16/10
In the story, “Things Fall Apart,” Okonkwo, the main character in the novel, had three wives, eight children, and large compound with several barns. However, his success did not come very easily to him. Okonkwo was the son of Unoka, a man who was poor and owed many debts to various people. Since he was the son of such a man, he inherited nothing from his father and started off with not a penny. As he grew, he became very wealthy and was the complete opposite of his father. In this essay, you will learn how Unoka raised Okonkwo and how Okonkwo got his incredible perception and behavior of how a man should act was created.
Unoka raised his son absolutely horribly. Since Unoka was very lazy, Okonkwo need to help his family raise crops to eat. He needed to sharecrop, support his mother and two sisters, and even building a barn. Unoka couldn’t do anything to help since he put of work for so long and he had large debts to pay. Okonkwo was like a servant to his family, doing everything he could possibly do to help. Unoka raised his son poorly made Okonkwo carry the burden for his faults.
Okonkwo had a very good perception of how a man should act and think. This was created by his father’s failure. Okonkwo believed a man should be the complete opposite of Unoka because he hated his father with all his might and rejected every trait he had. In chapter two the author stated, “He had suffered when a playmate told him that his father was agbala.” Agbala is another name for a woman or a man without a title. This is truly a reason to hate everything his father had once loved. Not only did his father’s failure create his perception, but also his own success influenced it. In the fourth chapter, an old man referred to the man as a king by saying, “Looking at the king’s mouth one would think he never sucked at his mother’s breast.” He would not have been a king unless he followed his belief of how a man should act and think. Okonkwo surely has come out of a very deep ditch that blocked his success!
Nathaniel Curry
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Social Studies
9/16/10
What overcame Okwonko and the behaivior of how men should act and think is men should be the abdominant sex. They should choose there words carefully when around women. And that they should respect the rules in there tribe and about there tribe. Okwonko thinks that men should always have just a little freedom in life. He thinks that it is always manditory that men should not act out.
Even though Okwonko told the men of his warlike tribe that they should not act out he decide that he should be diffrent. What Okwonko said to his tribe thought that it didn't mean anything to him. So he decides to act out and define the rules of his tribe. When he acts out he cleans his hands in defience of his village. Okwonko soo then became a distrusted man
Okwonko was a diffrence from his trbe. But he was still apart of it. In defience of his gods he cursed the Harvest. He didn't really care and he just wanted to be diffrent but had a funny way of showing it. He will soon become more than just distrusted but soon hated. Okwonko stuck with his own rules diffrent from the tribes.
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ReplyDeleteBrittany Scales
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Social Studies
9/16/10
Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is a great book. In this book the main character Okonkwo works hard to become successful, unlike his father Unoka who grows up to be lazy, improvident, and a failure. He became successful at a very young age. He was very well respected by his neighbors and the whole village. Although his son, Nwoye, greatly disappoints him by being lazy, and sensitive. Okonkwo doesn’t want Nwoye to turn into his grandfather.
Okonkwo raised his son to be just like him. But he grows up he gives him “Great anxiety for his laziness” and in Okonkwo’s view he thinks that he is going to grow into being like his grandfather. As Nwoye grows older he was developing into a sad-faced youth. Okonkwo constantly beats Nwoye and nags him about being very lazy, hoping he will change his ways. Okonkwo is turning his son against him every time he beats him.
I think what created Okonkwo’s overbearing perception was his father. I think that because he tries to hard not to become just like his father. He is probably going to become abominable because he beats his son just because he is lazy. If he doesn’t realize, he is actually turning into Unoka every time he beats Nwoye. “He was a very strong man and rarely felt fatigue. But his wife’s and young children were not as strong, so they suffered.” I think Okonkwo should stop trying so hard not to be his father, and stop abusing his son. All he is doing is driving his son away from him. Something bad is going to happen to Okonkwo and he better stop before it is too late.
Josef Misterio
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Mr. Avery
9/16/10
In "Things fall Apart", Unoka who's the father of Okonkwo, was a alcohol addict. But sometimes when he was conscious, he would teach Okonkwo a moral. After a terrible harvesting season, Okonkwo was disappointed. But Unoka said not to feel despair and should be proud of his work. He was not the only farmer to be affected by this tragedy. But he was only like this when he was older. But I would say that he didn't raise him very well.
When Okonkwo grew up to be a man. He was successful to have a title in his clan and have a farm. He thought that all men shouldn't act like a failure like his father. His only fear was failure. So to avoid failure he shows no sign of affection to his family.
Later in "Things Fall Apart", Okonkwo will begin to mature and learn different things about his past. I would like to say this would happen but it's only a hypothesis of what will happen. He'll learn how to treat different people more nicer or still be strict to them. The only part I left off was when he hit his wife during the week of peace. I thought he probably knew that he should not have done that. I also think that he actually does have some emotions to his family. But it's just the thought of failing that's making life difficult for him.
Nazario Brooks
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History/ P4 Things Fall Apart pgs-5-35
9/16/10
The overall natural and social environment of Umoufia was complex. Since it was a village, everyone was pretty much well known and social. There were huts, homes, big farms, and was very grassy. Its natural environment was hot, little country, dry, muddy, and gets very wet when huge droughts and cold seasons come pass through the village. Even though it’s a small village, it’s very complex and could be a good place to live for people that is very social.
Unoka was a very unsuccessful man and his life ended very soon. He had a son named Okonkwo and had great talent with his flute. If any thing was going good for Unoka, it will be his flute. He was so good at playing the flute that crowds of people would sit there and watch him play. Even though he had success with his flute, he had no success for taking care of his family. Unoka was very poor and could barely afford food to feed himself and his family. The beds were mud beds and his home was a old hut. Okonkwo had a hard childhood and barely ate any thing. He was tall just like his dad, lazy, social, and tough. Sometimes Unoka would play songs on his flute to Okonkwo but that was the only time Unoka spent with his son because he was not successful. Every since his childhood, Okonkwo has no patience with his father and unsuccessful men. “Things fell apart” in Okonkwos childhood.
The way Okonkwo was raised by his father was not the way he turned out to be during the course of “things fall apart”. Unoka wanted his son to be respectful and patient for people when they needed him. Even though Unoka wasn’t as wealthy as others, he still wanted his son to do right and Okonkwo did not follow that very well. He started out being respectful with people and caring when he could. He brought palm wine and had a little gathering with the people of Umoufia along with the help of his neighbors. With so much fame and money, Okonkwo personality changed suddenly and started doing crazy things like beating up his wife and not respecting rules and regulations of the village. With so many huge plantations to take care of, Okonkwo went from rising star to falling star.
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ReplyDeleteDanielle Drayton
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Mr. Avery
9-16-2010
“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe is a story about a man named Okonkwo and how hard his life is. So far the story is describing the pain Okonkwo is going through and what his life was like before his father died. Right now Okonkwo has been changing throughout the story. I’ve been seeing different sides of him in every chapter. What I’ve been seeing is good and bad but all these things make the story interesting because I can’t wait to find out what happens next. In this essay I will be describing how Unoka raised Okonkwo and what makes Okonkwo think the way he does. In the beginning the story states this “Okonkwo had clearly washed his hands so he ate with the kings and elders.” This quote meant that Okonkwo was triumphant and deserved to be rewarded.
Okonkwo’s father Unoka did not do a good job being a father. He was lazy and almost never worked a day in his life. He owed half the people money from the village (Umofia.) One good thing he did was play the flute; he loved music and everything about it. Unoka wanted Okonkwo to be determined and loving and put his family first. Also to work hard and be his best because he didn’t want Okonkwo to end up like him. Unoka’s laziness had an effect on his family, his family often starved because he didn’t work. The story even said Okonkwo’s life was hard because of his father it said “Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men usually had. He did not inherit a barn from his father. There was no barn to inherit.” Okonkwo started to borrow money from people and act like what he thought was a failure. Instead of bringing pride to Umofia like he usually did he brought a curse to them when he hit his third wife during the week of peace. The week of peace is the week before harvest and during this week you don’t work in the fields or do any violence.
Okonkwo’s overbearing perception and behavior about how a man should act and think came from what he thought he should act like. He started to think this because his father didn’t work or do anything manly and he doesn’t want to be a failure like his father. This makes him act completely different from Unoka and hates everything his father liked. The other reason he feels this way is because he believes anyone who does not act like what he thinks is a man becomes a woman in his eyes. During a village meeting he calls a man a woman because the man didn’t think highly of him.
Iraida Izaguirre
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Social Studies OPEN ENDED QUESTION 1 - TFA
9/16/2010
In the book “Things Fall Apart” there is a boy named Okonkwo. His father teaches him many things. He teaches him to respect himself and his family. After he respected his family he had to respect the tribe. Umoufia was very had to beat in a fight because how fierce and skilled they are. If Unoka was still alive I guessed he would be very proud of Okonkwo. Unoka died before Okonkwo became a succeful young man.
Unoka expected wanted Okonkwo to be a real man not like himself. Everyone trusted Okonkwo. He broke some important rituals. He also got the whole village cursed. The harvest is now cursed. This peace week Okonkwo wasn’t in peace. He soon became a distrusted man, like his father.
Okonkwo soon then started borrowing money. Then later come he started acting like his father. Okonkwo soon then disrespected the people of his tribe. Then he meets a very strange boy. Okonkwo liked the boy and his mother. It still didn’t matter because he was like his father a failure. Okonkwo lived a terrible life, no food, no money, no type of work, and a very old scruffy hut.
Mohammed Bangura
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Social Studies/ p3
9/16/10
Unoka raised Okonkwa to always be respectful to others and to obey the rules that were givin to him.He raised him to also have respect for his family and tribe told his son to be the best he could be.His father always told him that family comes first and to never quit at what your doing,he also raised his to always be strong and confidant.
After Okonkwa's father passed away he started disobaying the rules and his tribe.He disobeyed many of holidays epesially the week of peace,on that week of peace okonkwa did not have peace he was very violent towards his family and his tribe.He also put a curse on his tribe because of what he did on the week of peace,and also took everything violently.
The person who created Okwanka's overbearing perception was his father,who told him everything he needed to know as a boy growing up.Eventualy he took advantage of his fathers death and started direspecting his family and tribe.Then one day he sat down and rememberd what his father said to him then, from then on he started respecting his family and tribe.
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Social Studies
September 16th,2010
Unoka was lazy, improvident, and quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. "If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds of palm-wine, called round his neighbors and made merry." The carefree life that Unoka lived, deeply affected the way he raised his family, particularly the way he raised Okonkwo. Okonkwo and his family barely had enough to eat and barely enough money to provide for him, his siblings, or his mother. All through Okonkwo's life his father set bad examples for him. He would take the money he borrowed and instead of first feeding his family he would purchase palm-wine, call around his neighbors, and drink heavily. However even though Unoka was a failure and was extremely poor; Okonkwo figured out a way to use his father's failure and lack of wealth as a lesson to never be the kind of failure his father was.
Okonkwo used his father's failure and lack of wealth as a resource that made him want to be his best, but sometimes he took his best to the extreme. There were many ways he did that. He would not be tight-lipped about anything that was on his mind. He was quick to resent anyone that he thought didn't have the values of a real man. "Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand.” “His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.” But even though this man was heavily built, strong, and intimidating, his life was dominated by a spirit of fear. The two major things he feared the most were failure and weakness, because those were traits of his father.
Okonkwo was also very independent and successful when he stepped into his adult life. As soon as he was able to support himself he strived at everything that he did. There were many examples in which he showed that he strived highly at everything thing that he did. In one part of the book he said at a village meeting “I began to fend for myself at an age when most people still suck at their mother’s breasts.” The comment Okonkwo made was not a lie, he had learned to fend for himself at a very early age and his accomplishments did not go unknown. So even though his father was a failure Okonkwo used his father’s weakness as a motivator to make sure things didn’t fall apart.
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ReplyDeleteKeith Bathan
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P3
9/16/10
Unoka raised his son to follow what the tribe and his family believes in. He taught his son to be respectful, brave, and to be strong. Even though Okonkwo didn’t like his father and wanted nothing to be like him, he still is the man what his father taught him to be. Unoka wasn’t really brave, strong, or respectful because he was afraid of blood and he borrowed stuff from many people and could not pay it back. Unoka did become a good father to Okonkwo though and he did teach him everything he really needed to know. But Okonkwo is still ashamed of his father, also because he did not inherit a barn or a wife like other children who were becoming men.
When Okonkwo and his family had a struggle on their farm a long time ago his father was there to tell him something. He said “Do not despair; I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart, and a proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and bitterer when a man fails alone.” Now when Unoka became sick his wise words started to fade away. Now Okonkwo is still a better man then his father.
Okonkwo thinks that a man should act worthy and hard working. His father was not really hard working because he always borrowed and never gave back. Okonkwo thinks this because he made his sons and wives plant on the farm and made them work and if their sons become lazy he will hit them or yell at them. He thinks that all men should be strong, hardworking and not be lazy. This is what Okonkwo thinks of how a man should act and think.
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ReplyDeleteMalkom Rey
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Period 3
Social Studies
9/16/10
In “Things Fall Apart” there is a man named Oknonkwo who is a king. He had three wives ,and supports his nine children. He has a father named Unoka that he was embarrassed, and ashamed of. His father would borrow money and never give it back. He referred to his father as womanly.
During peace week he wanted his wife to cook dinner, but she was getting her hair braided. When she got home he forgot it was the week of peace, and was cursed
because he beat her by the goddess who was growing their crops. It was told that whoever had committed violence during peace week would be tied to a car and be dragged around the village until they died. That custom was changed because it spoiled the peace. It was an outrage if someone died during peace week.
Okonkwo needed yam seeds so his fathers friend Isiuzo gave him four hundred. Nwakibie gave him twice the amount Isiuzo gave him eight hundred yam seeds. There was a drought and the plants didn’t get the water they needed, and they were killed. He hadn’t used the yam seeds he was given yet. It had rained like never before and the heaps from the yams had washed away. It was like a funeral that year, when farmers cried as they dug up rotting yams.
Denisia Pearson
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Social Studies
9/16/10
In "Things Fall Apart," there is a man named Okonkwo. He lived in a village called Umoufia. He had a father named Unoka. He was a very lazy man. So Okonkwo tried the best he could to help his family.
Unoka owed debt from all his neighbors. They all decided not to give Unako anymore money until he learned to give when you get. Unoka was like a bad example to Okonkwo. So he wanted Okonkwo to be better than his father. But okonkwo was a little bit worried that he still might turn up like his dad.
One day Unoka died. Okonkwo was very angry and agressive. He would beat his wife if she asked any questions. But after a while okonkwo thought about what he's done and decided to be the good-working person his father wanted him to be. I think his actions about being aggressive was because of his father's death. This is what i think caused his problems.
Uknoko raised his son to be a straight shooter by telling him what not to do, even though Oknokwo did those things anyway. Also, he may have raised him to show no emotion which makes him very powerful because usualy for men, showing emotion like sadness or softness, is a sign of being weak.
ReplyDeleteOknokwo, during the week of peace, wanted one of his wives to cook dinner. Instead, she decided to get her hair braided, and getting your hair braided isn't something that you should do during the Week of Peace. Therefore, Oknokwo beat his wife, Ojiugo, for braiding her hair, forgeting to fed the children, leaving without any word of it, and didn't feed the children before she left.
I believe that the way Oknokwo is acting is childish for one because hitting is for children. I also think that he is acting like he could do whatever he pleases just because he has a high title and is famous in various places. But I think what he fails to realise is that when he is powerful, the bad things come out to the people first and it's because of that, that he is being looked on now as very cruel and a horrible person because he beat his wife during the Week of Peace.
Me'Saj Closs
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Mr.Avery
9/17/10
The way that Okonkwo raised his son to me was in a passive way. Meaning that he didnt have much involement of the upcomings in Okonkwo's life and was very lazy.
The thing that created Okonkwo's over beating preseption of how a man thinks,acts,and behaves was the fact that his was was a good example of what not do as a man.And from his father he learned that REAL men aren't lazy and they put put everything they got into what is most important.So Okonkwo's father was the perfect example of waht not to do to be a REAL man.
Timothy Mendez
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Period 3
9/19/10
In the book “Things Fall Apart” the main character is a man named Okonkwo. This story takes place in Umuofia, a small village in Africa. Okonkwo is bound to his moral code so that he does not end up like his father, Unoka. In Umofia, a man was judged by his strength, wit and ability to provide for his family. Okonkwo did not want to seem weak.
Unoka was barely able to support his family. In “Things Fall Apart” it says that Unoka was “lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow.” I don’t believe that Unoka raised Okonkwo at all. Any money that Unoka had was used for palm-wine and not to take care of his family. Unoka did a poor job of raising his son, Okonkwo.
Okonwko’s overbearing perception and behavior of how a man should act and think was created by fear. In “Things Fall Apart” it says that Okonkwo’s “whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness.” Okonkwo was determined to not be anything like his father, Unoka. If a man was judged by his strength, wit and ability to provide for his family then Okonkwo wanted to be the definition of a man.
Unoka raised his son terribly and so the success obsessed Okonkwo was born. Unoka was in so much debt to others it sickened Okonkwo. Okonkwo despised everything his father did and strived to be nothing like him. Unoka only had one wife whereas others had more than one. Unoka was so greatly in debt that he couldn’t afford a burial so he was put in the evil forest.
ReplyDeleteSo for most of his life Unoka’s son took care of him. Okonkwo even got a job while he was young for a man named Nwakibie. But since he despised everything his father did, the only reason Unoka was fed was because Unoka’s mother wouldn’t eat if Unoka didn’t. Okonkwo asked his employer for his first yam seeds for his farm.
There were many difficulties for Okonkwo but such as the heavy rain that drowned his yams.
Since Okonkwo despised his father he became the opposite of his father wealthy with three wives. The way Okonkwo disciplined his children and wives was by beating them. Okonkwo sometimes built up aggression when he didn’t work, once he beat his wife and nearly shot her as an outlet.
During the week of peace he beat one of his wives because she went to get her hair done. So the reason Okonkwo is obsessed with success is because he wanted to be nothing like his lazy father.
Austin Silver
Mr. Avery / 4th period/social studies