Achebe writes of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart: "He was tall and huge, and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look." Which method of characterization does this use?

In Things Fall Apart, Achebe writes of Okonkwo: "He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had had no patience with his father." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

Achebe writes of Unoka in Things Fall Apart: "If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds of palm-wine, called round his neighbors and made merry." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

In Things Fall Apart, Unoka points to the chalk marks on his wall and tells Okoye, "Each group there represents a debt to someone, and each stroke is one hundred cowries." Which method of characterization is this?

In Things Fall Apart, the talk turns to the coming war with Mbaino. Unoka changes the subject to music, and Achebe writes that "his face beamed." What does this indirect detail reveal about Unoka?

Achebe writes in Things Fall Apart: "Unoka was never happy when it came to wars. He was in fact a coward and could not bear the sight of blood." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

Achebe writes of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart: "He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists." Which method reveals his temper?

In Things Fall Apart, Achebe writes that Okonkwo's fear "was not external but lay deep within himself. It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father." What motivates Okonkwo?

Achebe writes in Things Fall Apart: "His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children." Which method of characterization reveals Okonkwo here?

In Things Fall Apart, Nwoye hears that Ikemefuna has been killed: "something seemed to give way inside him, like the snapping of a tightened bow. He did not cry. He just hung limp." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

In Things Fall Apart, Achebe writes of Nwoye and the hymn: "It was not the mad logic of the Trinity that captivated him. He did not understand it. It was the poetry of the new religion." What does this reveal about Nwoye?

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo watches Ezinma bring him food, and Achebe writes: "'She should have been a boy,' he thought as he looked at his ten-year-old daughter." Which method of characterization is this?

Achebe writes in Things Fall Apart: "Ezinma was an only child and the center of her mother's world. Very often it was Ezinma who decided what food her mother should prepare." What does this reveal about Ekwefi?

In Things Fall Apart, after Okonkwo's exile, Achebe writes of his closest friend, "Obierika was a man who thought about things." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

After Okonkwo's exile in Things Fall Apart, Obierika sits in his obi and asks himself, "Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently?" Which method of characterization is this?

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo's senior wife asks whether Ikemefuna will stay long with them. Okonkwo thunders, "Do what you are told, woman." What does his reply reveal about him?

In Things Fall Apart, which detail about Unoka best shows that he never planned for the future?

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo asks why Obierika refused to join the men who killed Ikemefuna. Obierika replies sharply, "Because I did not want to." Is this direct or indirect characterization?

In Things Fall Apart, Achebe writes that Okonkwo's "whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness." Naming his ruling fear this plainly is direct characterization.

In Things Fall Apart, what dramatic role does Unoka play beside his son Okonkwo?