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I think Achebe’s way of characterizing Okonkwo is his method of putting an emphasis on the element of the novel of being tragic. One of the most important element of a tragic novel or play is having a tragic hero who has a tragic flaw which would lead him to a catastrophe or his own destruction. It also helps with the essence of leaving the audience or the readers in a catharsis which is another important element of a tragic novel. In addition to this, Okonkwo is considered to be a contradictory character and it shows how complex the Igbo people is trying to challenge the Western’s perception to Africans. His character also portrays the culture’s traditions, beliefs and views on things like colonization. 

“it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.” I definitely agree with Chinua’s explanation of the effectivity of literature. Literature is basically one of our main source of knowledge. We learn stuff based on what we read and see. Literature expands our knowledge and idea about the world we live in. It’s easier for us to know about the things which we’re able to see and experience ourselves because we get to pick things up whilst we’re seeing them or doing it. However, not because we can’t experience some other stuff ourselves, doesn’t mean we don’t have any chances on understanding them. We may not be able to interact with the people from the other side of the world and we may not be abl

My Further Oral Activity was about how African Americans use Spoken Word Poetry as their medium or platform to protest. I chose two poems to discuss which were entitled “How we forget” by Loyce Gayo and “Black Privilege” by Crystal Valentine. Coming up with this topic wasn’t really hard for me because I have been watching spoken word videos by the youtube channel, Button Poetry, and I have noticed that quite a few of the poems being made were about the lives of the African Americans. So then I realized that they use spoken poetry as a platform for them to voice out their emotions. Through the process of choosing which poems to discuss, it didn’t take much time to find the best ones considering the allotted time given for the presentation. The first poem I discussed was quite a difficult poem to talk about line by line because it needed extra research for me to be able to fully understand what she meant. To be honest, it took me a while to research about some of the things the speaker h