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EA 3.2 Character Analysis Things Fall Apart

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EA 3.2
Literary Analysis: character analysis
EA 3.2
Literary Analysis: character analysis

Who are you? Who am I? These are the questions asked when you are not comfortable with the culture you are supposed to represent or be a part of. In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Nwoye is the opposite of what the culture expects. In the Ibo culture being a man consists of a variety of expectations. He is expected to be like his father, Okonkwo. They are expected to be brave, wealthy, and violent; this is what a leader is to them. Nwoye’s struggle with identity leads him to embrace the new culture that is brought into the village. It saves him and it shows the positive effects colonialism can have on a person.

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Once the Christian culture was in the village and he found out about it he identified himself with it. He liked what they practiced and what they did. They provided education for the kids and they cared about everyone. They didn't discriminate against anyone especially not the twins. That was one thing Nwoye never liked, how the Igbo people would just go and throw twins in an evil forest. “Although Nwoye had been attracted to the new faith from the very first day he kept it a secret”(149/4). He was intrigued by the religion but he did not want people to find out about it, he kept a secret. “What are you doing here?” Obierika had asked when after many difficulties the missionaries had allowed him to speak to the boy. “I am one of them”. Replied Nwoye”(16/3-6). This new culture challenged his identity until it changed him for the better. This helped Nwoye find his true self, he didn't have standards to meet he just had to be himself.

Nwoye has been expressed as a kid that is afraid of his father. His dad would put fear into him. “He dared not to go too near the missionaries for the fear of his father”(149/9). This shows how Nwoye was during the whole novel, he was afraid. The new culture challenged him and changed him for the better. “ He would return later to his mother and his brothers and sisters and convert them to the new faith”(152/8). Nwoye was prepared to change the rest of his family as well. He was known to be the

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