Things Fall Apart

How do Sangu Delle's words from his Ted Talk and the documentary "The Mask You Live In" reveal the ways Okonkwo or Nwoye "deal" or "mask" their problems in Chapter 8-11?

How do Sangu Delle's words from his Ted Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvpmZktlBFs&ab_channel=TED) and the documentary "The Mask You Live In" reveal the ways Okonkwo or Nwoye "deal" or "mask" their problems in Chapter 8-11?

*Include a topic sentence relating to the topic of "masking"

*Three examples (can be paraphrased)

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Okonkwo lives in a patriarchal world where hyper-masculinity is his only sense of identity. The speaker in the Ted Talk related his sense of shame when asked by a mental doctor if he would like councelling. Shame is also what Okonkwo felt when confronted with emotion or feelings like empathy, even towards his own son.