Things Fall Apart Essay

             Conformity is comfortable. Conformity is constant and reliable, unlike change,
             but change is, or can be important. Adaptation is an important lesson that
             everyone should go through because it is often needed in life. Having the world
             being turned upside down is an event that nobody enjoys. The thought of change
             often brings fear to the common man. Personal change causes enough stress, but
             stress from change on a whole society can be just as hard. When a whole society
             evolves, chaos can even affect the strongest of people. In the novel Things
             Fall Apart, Okonkwo's life starts to crumble because he is unable to adapt to
             Throughout most of the book, Okonkwo feels anger and impatience towards
             everyone unlike himself, like Nwoye and Unoka. In one part of the novel, Nwoye,
             Okonkwo's son, is converted to Christianity, which obviously displeases Okonkwo.
             Okonkwo is just trying to protect his son by being outraged at him, but Okonkwo
             takes it to a new level by saying that he will kill anyone in his family if they
             cross him and speak to Nwoye. Okonkwo had accepted the fact that Nwoye converts
             to Christianity, but he responds to it in absolute rage. Okonkwo hates Nwoye
             and would rather kill a family member than let them talk to a Christian. After
             Okonkwo returns from his exile, he begins to hate the white man because they are
             changing the culture. The new cultural features of the white man displeased him
             enough to plot revenge and kill a messenger. Because Okonkwo can't show his
             emotions except anger, he stands alone in his extreme hatred.
             As far as Okonkwo is concerned, any other emotion than anger is a weak, "woman" emotion. When the white man comes, Okonkwo can't show any other feeling than anger. If Okonkwo had been able to show nervousness or even a sliver of joy for
             the new customs, he would have been able to cope
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