Fate Vs Free Will
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- Chapter 1
- “Fortunately, among these people a man was judged according to his worth and not the worth of his father. Okonkwo was clearly cut out for great things” (7).
- Unoka
- Okonkwo
- Chapter 7
- ““They will take him outside Umuofia as is the custom and kill him there. But I want you to have nothing to do with it. He calls you father ” (49).
- Chapter 13
- “The crime was of two kinds, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female, because it had been inadvertent. He could to the clan after seven years” (105).
- Welcome to Mbanta
- At the beginning of the book, it describes the unsuccessfulness of Okonkwo's father. However, it also describes how Okonkwo was a man destined for great things. This quote shows free will vs. fate because many cultures believe that if your father is poor then your fate is to be poor also. However, Okonkwo demonstrates free will when he chooses to work hard and become successful instead.
- Chapter 17
- “And immediately Okonkwo’s eyes were opened and he saw the whole matter clearly. Living fire begets cold, impotent ash ”(127).
- After many years of looking after a boy named Ikemefuna, Okonkwo is told he has to kill him. On the way to kill him, Okonkwo's friend tells him to stay out of the killing because of his relationship to the boy. This quote shows Ikemefuna’s doomed fate, because he did nothing wrong but still had to die due to the Oracle. On the contrary it shows how Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna based on his own free-will, because not only did he not have to kill him, but he was also told not to.
- Chapter 19
- At a funeral for the eldest man in the village, Okonkwo’s gun accidentally goes off and kills the man’s son. This quote shows fate because Okonkwo kills Ezendu’s son completely by accident. Nothing he did in this chapter was intentional or of his own free will. He also could not return to his clan for seven years which was not his choice either.
- Chapter 24
- “Okonkwo stood looking at a dead man. He knew Umofia would not go to war. He knew because they let the other messengers escape”(168).
- While in exile, Okonkwo was looking at a fire and started contemplating his disappointing son Nwoye. This quote shows how Okonkwo believed that Nwoye was so feminine and different from him because of fate. Okonkwo does not stop to think if it could be because of Nwoye’s free will to be different or a consequence of his bad fathering.
- Welcome to Umuofia
- At the end of his seven-year exile Okonkwo returns to Umuofia but is upset that he could have had better if he was not exiled. This quote shows that Okonkwo felt that his life was messed up due to his fate, claiming that it would have been better if his fate was different. However, he had the free-will make his life in Mbanta successful, but he was too negative.
- “Although he had prospered in his motherland Okonkwo knew that he would have prospered even more in Umuofia, in the land of his fathers men were bold and warlike” (135).
- During a large meeting, a white messenger comes along and tells the people to move.Okonkwo, hoping for war, decides to decapitate the man. This quote represents both free will and fate. Okonkwo used his free-will to kill the messenger out of anger and revenge. However, he was highly disappointed to find that the other people knew their fate would not be good if they went against the white men. This fear of fate caused them to not act the same way as Okonkwo.
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