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Name : Solanki Binita M.Roll No : 04Paper No : 14Subject : The African Literature.Course: M.A., Semester: 4.P.G. Enrollment No : PG13101031. Year :2014-2015.Email ID: [email protected] to : Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
(Department of English).
Topic: Psychological Study of Things Fall Apart.
Chinua Achebe
Igbo Philosophy of Life and psychological Parameters of Individual Wholeness
In Things Fall Apart, Achebe presents a vivid picture of Igbo and its culture
understanding of the Igbo way of life, this study is going to analyze Igbo culture and cosmology in the light of Jungian psychology, investigating how the Igbo conducted a well-balanced life based upon Jung's theories for a healthy life
Igbo are a very religious people. They don’t separate their religious life from their secular life.
The Igbo firmly believe that whatever exists, something else exists beside it.
Okonkwo
Okonkwo is a self-made, well-respected member of the Umuofia clan.
Okonkwo becomes successful in many ways –he becomes very wealthy, holds a high-ranked position in the community
Okonkwo tries to follow the laws of the clan.
THE TRAGIC FAULTS OF OKONKWO
His greatest fault, or hamartia, as seen in the protagonist of a typical Greek tragedy, is his pride.
Okonkwo considers many of his father’s characteristics to be feminine.
There is a clash between showing true emotion and maintaining the show of his strength.
Okonkwo problem – his inability to adapt or compromise his ethics to changing situations that call for more tolerance or compassion.
A Psychological Analysis of Okonkwo's Personality and his Ultimate Demise
The ego’s inability to repress the infantile demands of the unconscious, the preconscious and the conscious self, ever more compulsive, repetitive and neurotic behavior's are displayed.
Okonkwo’s relationship to his mother plays a significant role in explaining the tense relationship with his own father and sons
Okonkwo returned to his fatherland but he disappointed to see the change in the village. Okonkwo was deeply hurt to see the clan breaking up and falling apart.
Okonkwo, whose sense of pride and dignity continues until the end, chooses to live and die on his own terms rather than submit to the white man.
The novel has a tragic end because Okonkwo committed suicide.
