EXPLORING BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative study is to get an insight into gender norms and beliefs that play a role in the development of different relationships. Furthermore, the study investigates the various gender roles that fall into the traditional realm and investigates the negative and positive attitudes of the genders towards their own lives in the novel. The significance of the study resulted from gender discussion in the light of symbolic interaction theory, which investigates the novel in the light of behaviour patterns and compares it with the culture brought upon the Igbo culture of Africa.