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Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo


Okonkwo, the main character of Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe. And
Charles Foster Kane of Orson Welles Citizen Kane, both have value systems that
are incongruous with their cultures. Thus allowing them to be defeated by
society. These are two men with a great need for recognition. Their need for
something that was extinguished long ago. Okonkwos struggle to prove his
greatness in the face of those who knew his father. Charles Foster Kane's void
that must be filled. The relentless pursuit of respect, power. Okonkwo must
conquer the image of weakness inside him and his fear of powerlessness. Both
characters feel that their material possessions can earn them the respect they
"deserve". Charles Foster Kane is in search for something more simple than
respect, he seeks his life. The path that should have been followed was
dramatically altered, and his life took a completely new direction. " I could
have been a great man" he explains, if he only had......

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