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Discuss how an appreciation of gender influences the reader’s understanding of Okonkwo’s character: In Chinua Achebe’s African Literature Novel "Things Fall Apart''; it is demonstrated t leaders that much of the Igbo culture is gendered, from the men who crop and the women who grow. It is a fact that women are seen to be the weaker sex in Things Fall Apart, but they are also blessed with qualities that make them worthy of worship because they are the ones who raise and give birth to children. Furthermore, Okonkwo is very masculine and dislikes anything that is feminine to him, he does not like feminine qualities due to his father's traits, who is called an “ Agabala ,” or another name for a woman, a man with no titles. This motivates Okonkwo into becoming the fearless man he is, to hate everything his father loved, such as being gentle and idle. We can see an example of gender roles in TFA when Nwoye’s mother is told to take Ikemefuna to her hut, “Do what you are tol...

The personal history of an author can have a significant influence on the way meaning is constructed in his/her writing. Comment on specific instances of such influence in Things Fall Apart. In China Achebe’s famous African literature novel “Things Fall Apart”; he self-expresses his own personal Igbo and Christian identity - This has strongly impacted and has shaped the context of the story of TFA.   Things Fall Apart gives its readers both subjective viewpoints of the local Igbo and Christian customs and beliefs, and Achebe has done that by demonstrating both flaws and strengths of both the Igbos and Christians. Achebe’s story is revolved its main character, Okonkwo. An Igbo who was not flexible in the change that Umofia was going to face - Okonkwo is a man who refuses change.  This perhaps is imagery portrayed by Achebe to show that maybe the Igbos and Colonizers/Missionaries never precisely got along.