Things fall apart a tragedy assignment

With that in mind, he felt he could not live any longer. The reader likely feels pity when Achebe tells the reader of this through the eyes and mouth of Breaks. Achebe aroused pity, one of things Aristotle says must be in a tragedy, in his readers through the events he placed in his book. In the very beginning chapter four, an “ old man” who “ bore no ill will” toward Awoken, and “ respected” him for his good fortune was “ struck” by the “ brusqueness” Awoken had when dealing with “ less successful men” (26).

In the previous week, an unsuccessful man had “ contradicted” him at a “ kindred” meeting, led to discuss important matters (27). “ Without looking” at whoever this man was, Awoken called out to him: “ This meeting is for men” because the man “ had no titles” (26), reveling Ginkgo’s harsh behavior. Awoken “ knew how to kill a man’s spirit”, which was, perhaps, foreshadowing of how he killed Shameful (61 This was another deeply pitying event, on behalf of not only Shameful, because he dies, of course, but also on behalf of Awoken, whose pride causes him to kill his own son arousing pity for the man.