A tragic hero is a man or woman who who is a hero or a good person who goes through something hard during their adventures or life time. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, it follows the main character as he deals with. Okonkwo the main character; is a tragic hero, because although he wanted to achieve his goals, however something was always in the way some flaws or problems that contributed to a downfall of him. He is very bitter, however, he meets the consequences of choices with courage. He was a very important, respected person in his tribe, he was “their hero” however, he was still challenged in many ways making a downfall.
A main reason he is a tragic hero is he does everything he can to be the best and not be like his father who was weak and a bad person who was not respected whatsoever, ‘’Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of
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“In the center of the crowd a boy lay in a pool of blood. It was the dead man’s sixteen-year-old-son, who with his brothers and half-brothers had been dancing the traditional farewell to their father. Okonkwo’s gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy’s heat The only course open to Okonkwo was to flee from the clan. It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land. The crime was of two kinds, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female, because it had been inadvertent. He could return to the clan after seven years”… (13.16) Okonkwo had accidently killed this boy and was kicked out of his clan for 7 years yes this was a bad offence but they didn't cut him slack what so ever. This makes him a tragic hero because like I defined it as a person who does good but gets nothing in