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A 6-page research paper on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The hero is identified as a classical tragic hero whose fate was tied inextricably to the culture he represented, and whose death was inevitable as the culture died. Lists 5 sources.
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in English. The reasons are legion. The novel exists on many levels: it is a story of a continent in the midst of change from one culture to the next;
it is a tale of native African (Igbo) culture and of the loss or theft of ones heritage. But most of all it is a story of one man, a
hero named Okonkwo, a man so closely tied to the culture of his people that his failure and demise not only mirror those of the culture but are actually brought
about by it. Many have speculated (and complained) about the ultimate fate of the novels hero, but in their confusion and consternation they may be missing Achebes point altogether. It
is precisely the heros nature that made his death inevitable. We are told of Okonkwos eminence in the very first sentences of the novel: "His fame rested on solid personal
achievements" (Achebe 3). We are told of his drive, his indefatigable laboring, his contempt for failure and his raging temper. It is important to note here that while Achebe presents
Okonkwos character traits, good and bad, it is without necessarily holding them up as laudatory or admirable. He simply presents them, all of them, as necessary in telling the story.
Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated almost immediately: "Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was
no a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear..." (Achebe 13). This treatment of Okonkwo is the readers first indication that he is to represent the indigenous
culture of Africa-or at least the Igbo region of it-in this story. It is no coincidence that the neutral, albeit undeniably sympathetic and even loving, tone with which Achebe recounts
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