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Okonkwo’s excile is caused by his fear of being weak. Discuss??

Okonkwo Fear has a strong ability to control a man’s fate. In the novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ it is evident that Okonkwo’s fear of being weak leads to his excile. Chinua Achebe’s novel was set in Eastern Niagara in the late 19th century at a time of their colonization by the British. Throughout the novel Okonkwo demonstrates that he doesn’t wont to be like his father, Ezeudu. This leads to Okonkwo’s terrible choices which cause him to sin against his culture and his tribe and allows him too believe that he is turning out to be more like his father. Okonkwo’s downfall occurs due to many actions, which are seen as an insult to his culture. His fear possesses him and drives his stubborn personality. Therefore it was his fate that has to be exciled.

Okonkwo makes many appalling choices which lead to a various amount of actions which causes Okonkwo to be exciled. Okonkwo is a protagonist and has a dreadful temperare and is known to be hard, brutal, reactionary and ambitious...

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