Notes On Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart - 1530 Words

Lynzley Kolakowski Things Fall Apart Characterization Notes Okonkwo: Actions: â€Å"Well-known throughout the nine villages and beyond† (1). â€Å"As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat† (1). â€Å"He was still young but he had won fame as the greatest wrestler of the nine villages† (8) â€Å"And when she returned he beat her very heavily. In his anger he had forgotten that is was the Week of Peace† (29). â€Å"She was Okonkwo’s second wife, Ekwefi, whon he nearly shot† (39). â€Å"Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down† (61). â€Å"Gone with his machete to the shrine† (112). â€Å"Okonkwo’s gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy’s heart† (124). â€Å"In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger crouched to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo’s machete descended twice and the man’s head lay beside his uniformed body† (204). â€Å"Then they came to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling, and they stopped dead† (207). What others say: â€Å"His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his firey temper, and so did his little children† (13). He was talking about Okonkwo, who had risen so suddenly from great poverty and misfortune to be one of the lords of the clan† (26). â€Å"That boy calls you father. Do not bear a hand in his death† (57). â€Å"If I were you I would have stayed home. What you have done will not please the Earth. It is the kind of action for which the goddess wipes out whole families...But if theShow MoreRelatedChinua Achebe : The Invention And Mastery Of Modern African Literature1695 Words   |  7 Pages In her essay Chinua Achebe: The Invention and Mastery of Modern African Literature Emeka Aniagolu labels Chinua Achebe as â€Å"the single most important literary figure in modern African literature† (1). Aniagolu goes on to praise Achebe as â€Å"perhaps the most well-known, most widely read, most translated, and most widely respected modern African writer, novelist and polemical essayist†, especially considering he as been crowned as the inventor of modern African literature (1). 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