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Nietzsche essentially agrees with Umuofia's conception at strength. He says it is ridiculous not to express strength as a desire to me a baster, feared by others, to be a champion. This is exactly what Umuofia and Okonkwo believe about strength. / The quotes agree. Both are saying that things that are praised are personal achievements, personal showings of strength. They both show what a society praises and the OGM quote goes far enough to say that strength and the way we see it are almost inherent. They connect because TFA talks about Okonkwo's fame coming because of his strength while OGM says that the strength people have can't be hidden. Both praise the dynamic between the weak and the strong. / The quotes definitely agree and connect. In Umuofia, Okonkwo's strength is valued and respected; his capability to throw Amalinze the Cat is honored. Nietzsche agrees that strength acting as strength is the proper way of things, and so lends support to Okonkwo's honor: it is right that Okonkwo throws down and triumphs, because he is strong, and to pretend to be otherwise would be absurd. / The quotes agree in the sense that Okonkwo exhibits strength as strength by throwing the champion fighter and proving his might through an exhibition of power.

However I would say that they do not connect as well. While their meaning is more or less equivalent, their connection is inverse. Nietzsche defines strength by saying what it is NOT. Okonkwo merely proves his brute strength in battle. / The quotes do not agree, though Okonkwo shows physical strength, OGM speaks about a different kind of overall strength. / These quotes do NOT, of course, agree. Once is talking about a fight, and the other strength versus weakness. Nietzsche talks about our desires to prove our strength. The Achebe passage does not talk about desire at all. His exhibition of strength merely brings honor to his tribe. Nietzsche is discussing what culture demands of strength, how it should exists and be shown. In the Achebe quote, it talks not about cultures demands, it only tells a story about a powerful warrior winning a battle. / The quotes match fairly well without any context, but in context they clash rather drastically. Okonkwo personified Umuofia's idea of strength and honor. In the book it is this outlook that eventually brings the village and Okonkwo down. The focus on brute strength and power, especially in controlling others, creates an inflexible environment, and that if cracked, can crumble. / Nietzsche TOTALLY goes against Okonkwo. Okonkwo wasn't seeking triumph because he was strong, as Nietzsche asserts; he was merely using his strength as a too to win honor and recognition. Other people would use their skills or qualities that aren't strength to win renown; it's nothing specific to strength. Strength doesn't compel competition, survival does; strength happens to be a very helpful tool.

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