I need help... can anyone help me on a few Q on the book " Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe? Please

Question

!. Why did Okonkwo treat his sons the way he did?
2. Was Okonkwo a product of nature or nurture?
3. Would he have behaved in a similar bullying way no matter what culture he was in?

Answer 1

I tried to read this book when I was at high school, maany years ago. I was glad when I changed classes and read "Of Mice and Men" instead.
Sorry, I can't help at all.

Answer 2

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

Here is a short extract of what you can expect from the summaries.

The language that Achebe uses to describe the locusts indicates their symbolic status. The repetition of words like “settled” and “every” emphasizes the suddenly ubiquitous presence of these insects and hints at the way in which the arrival of the white settlers takes the Igbo off guard. Furthermore, the locusts are so heavy they break the tree branches, which symbolizes the fracturing of Igbo traditions and culture under the onslaught of colonialism and white settlement. Perhaps the most explicit clue that the locusts symbolize the colonists is Obierika’s comment in Chapter Fifteen: “the Oracle . . . said that other white men were on their way. They were locusts. . . .”

http://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/things/&book=403

Study Guides:

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/tfa/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/things/

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-133.html

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/things/

http://www.jiffynotes.com/ThingsFallApart/HistoricalContext.html

http://athena.english.vt.edu/~carlisle/Postcolonial/Chinua_Achebe/TFA.html