Chinua Achebe, "Things Fall Apart" Looking at the first two chapters of the novel Things Fall Apart, explain how Achebe develops Unoka as a foil for Okonkwo.

Looking at the first two chapters of the novel Things Fall Apart, explain how Achebe develops Unoka as a foil for Okonkwo. A foil is literally a sheet of bright metal that is placed under a piece of jewellery to increase its brilliance. In literature, by extension, the term is applied to any person or sometimes thing that through strong contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. The first 44 pages set up two …

…conclusion, Unoka's foil on Okonkwo is strong and if it were not for Unoka, Okonkwo's character would not be one which one could realize he is the way he is because he is purposely trying to be the opposite of his father, as he looked down on everything his father was. As of now, the traits that have enhanced Okonkwo's tough character, opposite of his father's, are perhaps foreshadowing Nwoye doing the opposite of Okonkwo.