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Things Fall Apart

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18) As a young man, Okonkwo began building his social status by defeating a great wrestler, and being named the strongest in the clan. This boosts him into society's eye as someone who should be looked up to. He is hard working and shows no weakness-emotional or otherwise-to anyone. Although rough with his family and his neighbors, he is wealthy, courageous, and powerful among his village...
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Although rough with his family and his neighbors, he is wealthy, courageous, and powerful among his village. He is a leader of his village, and this place in society is what he has struggled for his entire life. It is evident that social status is part of their social customs. Because of his great wealth, courage, and social esteem, Okonkwo was chosen by his village to act as an ambassador of war and meet with another village to work out the terms for settlement when a woman from Okonkwo's village was killed by people from the neighboring village...
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