Problem continued../Achebe

The characters in my problem are the students in my classes as well as future students or people that I may meet. My problem takes place mostly at school, but does travel throughout California a bit.

The monster in Achebe is his father who he Okonkwo believes to be weak. Relating weakness to his father, weak is something that he refuses to be. The amount of wives and children that he has proves that he is not weak and supports a big family. Seeing that is son his weak he is hard on him and the book states that he beats his son causing him to be a "sad-faced youth" (14). I believe that Achebe reinforces Rousseau's "savage" because it is based on human nature and Achebe's monster was brought about by himself and how soceity forced him to view his life.