Essay About Okonkwos Story And Wrestling Match

Things Fall Apart Essay
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Okonkwos story is similar to the western tragedy and the tragic hero because in the
western tragedy it says how the main character has great importance not only culturally
but economically. Okonkwo is also well respected in his tribe and admired due to the
wrestling match he had with a bully of the tribe. The only thing from the western tragedy
is that onkonkwo didnt have a noble birth of childhood because his father was a failure
and owed the whole tribe money. The tragic fall okonkwo receives is the murder of
ikemefuna, he becomes depressed because he was involved in the young mans death.
Also at a funeral of a tribe member okonkwo kills young boy, which is a female crime in
this tribe. The consenquences of this causes okonkwo and his family to live in exile for 7
years in a tribe far away from the igbo tribe. Going through these incidents makes
okonkows happiness turn into misery. First he kills a boy who considers him as a father
and also called him a father, this makes okonkwo go into a deep depression. Next he
accidentally kills a sixteen year old boy at the funeral which makes him even worse
because not only did he kill another innocent boy, he is gonna make his family pay the
consequences by taking them away from their amenities for 7 years. As the tragic hero