Achebe questions by Hannah Boast https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx Literature and Crisis en-us 2022-04-11 11:40:59 UTC 2022-04-11 12:37:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Okonkwo beats his wife during Week of Peace - although he is sanctioned by others in the community. hannahboast https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139067327 2022-04-11 12:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139067327 He feels a need to present himself as masculine and violent as possible in order to prove himself to his clan. He ignores the emotional turmoil and long term effects his actions have on others and his mental wellbeing, as seen when he kills his adopted son. It must have been ingrained in him over the years to act this way in order to earn respect from others. https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139071539 2022-04-11 12:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139071539 https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139074312 Okonkwo has been moulded to some degree by society as he is a wrestler and has fighter tendencies that were instilled in him and we see these tendencies for the better and worse of others throughout the text]]> 2022-04-11 12:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139074312 https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139076328 I think Achebe is much more concerned with depicting Ibo society as how it is rather than attempting to justify it as one that will appear civilised to the European reader. This as opposed to presenting Ibo society as some sort of naturally virtuous society he presents every aspect of it ]]> 2022-04-11 12:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139076328 Okonkwo's houses hannahboast https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139076608 2022-04-11 12:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahboast/rdiriz2edgutm2qx/wish/2139076608