PROSE - Things Fall Apart CHINUA ACHEBE

Question 1

Wants to prove himself and not be like his father - this fear deeper than of God who is omnipotent/magic suggesting the reality of it.

Answer 1

“life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic”

Question 2

Okonkwo classes his father in a different category to other unsuccessful men, doesn’t count him as a man. no patience reflected in the abrupt sentence.

Answer 2

“He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father.”