Discuss the significance of social status in Things Fall Apart, and comment on its contribution to characterization.
Thesis: Through the portrayal of the Igbo living in a hierarchical society where a man can make his own fortune, Achebe shows the significance of social status as a barometer of a man’s success and position in society.
Topic sentences:
(i) Within the novel, social status is portrayed through how big a man’s barn or compound is or the amount of titles or wives he has.
(ii) Achebe describe the osu to exemplify the harsh realities and flaws of a hierarchical society like Umuofia’s and how this might be the very cause of so many people converting to Christianity.
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