Summary of Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe begins Things fade Apart  by examine a childlike piece of music to his dad whom the young adult male, Okonkwo, considers pallid and cowardly. The book gives iodine the mould that the dad is a fresh person with no reason of responsibility, a description that applies to a good portion of our gild today. The book as well as describes homosexual who is taking the world by the throat, a man who is rattling a man. The book, however, doesnt take a stand on which man is better, it, rather, summarizes the dad as a man who lived care at large(p) and died happy but a coward by societys standards, and plays on the Okonkwos life. It describes how the young man, Okonkwo, was driven by the apprehension of himself, lest he should be lay down to resemble his father  (Achebe, 13). He wanted to be a hero in his tribe, individual that would never be linked to his dad.\nA hero in Umoufia is some oneness who has the respect of his comrade tribesmen and whose words are heeded in tribal matters. To gain that cordial of respect in Umoufia, one has to have some(prenominal) attributes. commencement ceremony and foremost, a man in Umoufia has to be strong both(prenominal) physically and psychologically, there is no place for the weak in Umoufia. As we can date in Things Fall Apart,  Okonkwo initially gains recognition in his country of origin from throwing the cat in wrestling, displaying great(p) physical strength. He also gains respect as the physical body of people he stalks and kills grow, demonstrate that, in Umoufia, respect is paying to the bravest and most fearless warriors. To be highly regarded in the clan, one must(prenominal) also be of great wealth and must be able to leave alone his family with everything they need. This was generally focused on having a large harvest, especially yams. A hero in Umoufia is, therefore, by consensus, a strong, fierce, independent warrior who shows his potency by having several wives and childre n.\nUmoufians are a quarrelsome people, they consider actions that feed the natural animalistic testosterone fueled character of men to be t...