setting/characters of my problem and achebe's monster

The setting of my problem is present day, throughout the whole world, but certainly in the United States. The characters of my problem are pretty much everybody, except, of course, for a select few humanitarians and activists who have genuinely and continuously made an effort to fix some of the many problems in the world. The characters of my problem are every person that has at one point felt apathetic to all of these global issues (which, of course, is pretty much everyone).

Achebe’s monster, from what I gather, is the monster that Okonkwo became in order to make sure he did not end up like his father. Because his father was such a disappointment to him, Okonkwo took every characteristic of his father and made sure he was the exact opposite, which ended up serving as his downfall because while his father was lazy and somewhat weak, he was also caring and gentle. Although Rousseau’s “savage” was not nearly as violent as Achebe’s was, they are similar in the respect that neither are capable of emotion or love.