Nwoye’s Cultural Clash and Identity in Things Fall Apart

beating and nagging constantly, this resulted to so much sadness in Nwoye’s life. Nwoye’s grew so much distant from his father because of his cruelty and his treatment towards the female members of the family (Shmoop, 2018). He could not confide in his father because of fear; Okonkwo disliked gentleness and associated it with women. Nwoye’s true identity could not show because he always lived to please his father. Nwoye grew fond of his adopted brother Ikemefuna, “he was like…