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Pride In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

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Giving your life to the thoughts inside of your head can be a very dangerous matter. In Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, the protagonist, is a man who is gullible to his thoughts, he believes showing affection and being thought as weak are feminine procedures. He is controlled by his thoughts and his peers. Okonkwo’s pride, manliness and fear of being seen as weak is his tragic flaw. Having too much pride can either be a good thing or a bad thing, with Okonkwo his pride is his downfall. He is a formidable man and he knows it, this makes him very prideful and he feels as if he is better than his clansmen. Also, his son Nwoye makes a decision in becoming a convert to the Christian church. Okonkwo doesn’t agree with this and disowns
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