Things Fall Apart

As I read the book, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I found a few quotes which caught my interest.
One of theese quotes is, " Fortunately among these people, a man was judged according to his worth, not the worth of his father." I like the idea portrayed by this quote because I think a man should be judged by his selfworth, not by that of his father.

Another quote is, " It was the fear of himself lest he should resemble his father." I think that this quote is trying to saythat Okonkwo's greatest fear was becoming like his father. He tried to be everything his father wasn't, the complete opposite. Some examples are that his father was lazy, Okonkwo was strong, his father was afraid of blood and he wasn't. Even if Unoka, (his father) had a good trait like being gentle and kind, he would just be the opposite, aggressive and abusive.

One last quote is: "Looking at a king's mouth, "said an old man," one would think he never sucked at his mother's breast. " I thing this quote is showing that the people of Okonkwo's village are surprised at how he had become so wealthy and such a powerful man when his father was a complete failure.