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This 9 page paper explores Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" and discusses the lessons that are learned throughout the novel and why they are valuable. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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an African village taught Westerners that there are other people and cultures that are just as viable, structured and important as anything found in Europe or North America. He also
takes the opportunity to contrast the white government officials with the black natives, and shows the tragic misunderstandings that result when the natives are assumed to be inferior, and thus
can be treated badly. This paper discusses the lessons that are learned throughout the novel, how the author reveals them, and what the value of these lessons is. Discussion Achebe
was born in Nigeria, and it is here that he sets his novel. The main character is Okonkwo, a warrior who is "well known throughout the nine villages" and whose
fame is based on "solid personal achievement" (Achebe 3). Okonkwo is able to throw Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling match, something no one has done in over seven years
(Achebe 3). It takes courage and skill for Okonkwo to win the match, and the fight in which he triumphed over Amalinze the Cat went on for seven days
and nights (Achebe 3). Achebe teaches the first of his lessons in the opening pages of the novel: that personal courage and honor are held in high regard in the
Umuofia clan, and that Okonkwo has met those criteria. This is important later on, when Okonkwo commits a dreadful crime that gets him banished from his village. The value of
this lesson is that we all have to learn to take responsibility for our own actions. Okonkwos greatest flaw, and the thing that drives him, is his burning desire to
differentiate himself from his father Unoka, whom he considers effeminate and a spendthrift (Achebe). Unoka was a gentle man, a flute player, who seems to have been very much aware
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