Question

How does the author indicate the difficulties between Nwoye and his father in Things Fall Apart?

a.) by revealing Okonkwo’s preference for Ikemefuna

b.) by indicating Okonkwo’s excessive control of Nwoye

c.) by suggesting that Nwoye yearns for his mother’s singing

d.) by implying that Nwoye is afraid of his father’s aggression

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

The author depicts the difficult relationship between nwoye and his father by the description of okonkwos disapproval in nwoye. Okonkwo has spent his entire life trying to escape his fathers “soft” legacy and his son reminds him of everything he hated in his father. Okonkwos subtle comments that compare himself with his sons lack of achievement indicate his disappointment.“Nwoye is old enough to impregnate a woman. At his age, I was already fending for myself[...]I have done my best to make Nwoye grow into a man, but there is too much of his mother in him, too much of his grandfather"(66)