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Nwoye + Ikemefuna
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Nwoye + Ikemefuna
How the characters contrast throughout things fall apart
Smart
Strong
"Ikemefuna already knows much about the world and can do almost anything"
"And so when he called Ikemefuna to fetch his gun"
Effeminate
Lacks confidence
Ikemefuna's Character
"He wanted Nwoye to grow into a tough young man capable of ruling his father's household"
"If you split another yam of this size, i shall break your jaw."
Accepted
Confident + Friendly
“Okonkwo was inwardly pleased at his son's development and he knew it was due to Ikemefuna."
"He could hardly imagine that Okonkwo was not his real father"
Nwoye character
- A fourteen year old boy
- Given to Umuofia
- Clever
- Killed when the Oracle
Emotionally Unfulfilled
Sensitive
"Nwoye overheard it and burst into tears, whereupon his father beat him heavily"
"Nwoye knew that it was right to be masculine and to be violent, but somehow he still preferred the stories his mother told."
Brother figure
- Okonkwo's oldest son
- Age 12
- He is rejected by his father
- Like his grandfather Unoka
"He was like an elder brother to Nwoye, and from the very first seemed to have kindled a new fire in the younger boy"
How they contrast
Peace-loving boy
"His father was pleased, and no longer rebuked him or beat him"
How they contrast
- Nwoye is weak, sensitive and effeminate.
- Ikemefuna is strong, accepted and hardworking
- Nwoye is not accepted by his father and is ignored by him.
- Ikemefuna is taken in by Okonkwo and is seen as a strong man.