Consider this excerpt from Chinua Ache Ache's *Things Fall Apart*:

"Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, had taken a different path. He listened to the new missionaries and laughed at the old stories. When Okonkwo saw his son's silence at the funeral, his heart pounded with shame and anger."

Identify the primary type of conflict illustrated in the passage and explain how Achebe builds tension between the characters involved.

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Consider this excerpt from Chinua Ache Ache's *Things Fall Apart*:

"Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, had taken a different path. He listened to the new missionaries and laughed at the old stories. When Okonkwo saw his son's silence at the funeral, his heart pounded with shame and anger."

Identify the primary type of conflict illustrated in the passage and explain how Achebe builds tension between the characters involved.

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It is an external (person‑vs‑person) conflict between Okonkwo and Nwoye; Achebe builds tension through the clash of values (missionary influence vs tradition) and by depicting Okonkwo's visceral reaction of shame and anger.

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