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A) The characters and setting of my problem involve myself or a character representing myself. The setting would be a cross between his life at home playing music and the other being his college campus.

B)There are multitude of possibilities that Achebe's monster could embody and even more that could be interpreted and discovered from these. From my reading, the most subtle yet vicious monster appears as the burden of shame Okonkwo's father leaves upon his psyche. Okonkwo fears appearing weak to others as his father did, and will go to great lengths to appear strong and self supporting, never needing the aid of others in a warrior sense as well as his farm/harvest pride. This 'monster' or fear of weakness that Okonkwo has harbored is one greater than the concept of a physical monster such as the white man in the novel, but instead is a mental ghoul that cannot be avoided only battled from within.

C) In relation to the monster I described above, Rousseau's concept of man seems to be validated. Okonkwo's monster results from his fear of appearing weak to the society he inhabits. In turn, his fear and weakness stem from the concept that there is a society surrounding him that he must prove himself to. Rousseau would ponder the fact that had Okonkwo never encountered the societal burdens left upon him by his father, this 'monster', ultimately growing from his tribe's expectations would have never corrupted him into acting in the way he does.