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some people believe that okwonkwo is dead, while others believe that he is still alive. Discuss both views and give your opinion

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Okonkwo
 built his fortune alone as a sharecropper because
Unoka
 was never able to have a successful harvest. When he visited the Oracle,
Unoka
 was told that he failed because of his laziness. Ill-fated,
Unoka
 died of a shameful illness, “swelling which was an abomination to the earth goddess.” Those suffering from swelling stomachs and limbs are left in the Evil Forest to die so that they do not offend the earth by being buried.
Unoka
 never held any of the community’s four prestigious titles (because they must be paid for), and he left numerous debts unpaid.
As a result
,
Okonkwo
 cannot count on
Unoka
’s help in building his own wealth and in constructing his obi. What’s more, he has to work hard to make up for his father’s negative strikes against him.
Okonkwo
 succeeds in exceeding all the other clansmen as a warrior, a farmer, and a family provider. He begins by asking a wealthy clansman, Nwakibie, to give him 400 seed yams to start a farm. Because Nwakibie admired
Okonkwo
’s hard-working nature, he gave him eight hundred. One of
Unoka
’s friends gave him another four hundred, but because of horrible droughts and relentless downpours,
Okonkwo
 could keep only one
third
 of the harvest. Some farmers who were lazier than
Okonkwo
 put off planting their yams and
thus
 avoided the grave losses suffered by
Okonkwo
 and the other industrious farmers. That year’s devastating harvest left a profound mark on
Okonkwo
, and for the rest of his life he considers his survival during that difficult
period proof of
Suggestion
period with proof of
 his fortitude and inner mettle.
Although
 his father tried to offer some words of comfort,
Okonkwo
 felt only disgust for someone who would turn to words at a time when either action or silence was called for.

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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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