Things Fall Apart: The Tragic Hero Arc of Okonkwo (Pt. 2)
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- Anagnosis P1
- While in exile, Okonkwo learned of Abame's destruction. He also learned that the white men had established themselves in his village, and that Nwoye had joined them over the traditional beliefs and culture of Umuofia. In his anger, Okonkwo attacked him. "Nwoye stood looking at him and did not say a word" (152). He then left, never to see his father again, and glad for having chose the white men.
- Where have you been? Answer me before I kill you!
- I am glad to leave him.
- After Okonkwo returned, he went to visit his friend, Obierieka, to discuss the growing power of the white men, who were peddling a new religion in their home; Christianity. Many, especially those who were disillusioned with tradition, had already joined. Although Okonkwo did not blame himself, he realized that their strict traditions had driven the other away, and their adherence and unforgiveness had led to their own brothers fighting against them. They were doomed.
- Anagnosis P2
- How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us?
- Soon afterwards, at a clan meeting regarding what to do about the white men who were killing them, imprisoning them, and destroying their traditions, Okika, another clansmen, went before them to speak. He asked them to fight back against the white men before it was too late.
- Nemesis P1
- We who are here this morning have remained true to our fathers, but out brothers have deserted us. If we fight the stranger we shall hit our brothers and perhaps shed the blood of a clansmen. But we must do it.
- Suddenly, the messengers of the white men appeared. They wanted the meeting to stop so they could retain their power, and take away the sovereignty of the people. "In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete" (204). The men soon laid dead. As the people around him protested his act, and Okonkwo realized, partially due to his own pride, that it was already too late; they would not fight or go to war.
- Nemesis P2
- Why did he do it?
- We are doomed. Umuofia will not go to war.
- The following morning, Okonkwo was found dead, hung by his own hand on a tree behind his house. The white men found it amusing.
- Catharsis
- The End of Okonkwo's StoryComic by Fiona Van De GraaffAdapted from "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
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