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Chinua Achebe's, Things Fall Apart could be considered a modern-day epic as a result of its world-renowned recognition; eight million papers in print in fifty different languages. Achebe's main character in the novel: Okonkwo compares to the heroic figure of Odysseus, in Homer's epic The Iliad. Okonkwo embodies the early ideals, characteristics, and traditions of his people and/or nation. And through Achebe's dignified literary style, and use of language-Okonkwo represents the concept of self and society, and of the culture class during Africa's colonization by western philosophy.
Okonkwo is introduced to the reader with a sense of urgency and importance in the opening sentence: "Okonkwo was well know throughout the nine villages and even beyond." (Achebe 3) The reason was a result of him bringing honor to his village for being the fiercest wrestler when he was a younger man. Achebe's physical description of Okonkwo is one of reverence, and could be used to describe many......

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