Analysis of the Quote "The Best Lack All Conviction, While the Worst/Are Full of Passionate Intensity" from "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

first, a word to the not so wise...this was an informal essey i had to write, so i used first person...if you use this, change all the "I"s to something else or your teacher will summarily slam you
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The quote says that the best people are the ones who lack conviction, or don't have strong will. The question, however, arises when we must think about what the "best" is, best on the battlefield, best as a member of the community, or best at planting yams? By the same reasoning, what is the worst, and who are the worst? Okonkwo is sure of himself and follows through with his actions with the utmost conviction. His intensity is startling for all who witness it, and he even goes so far as to defy the gods because of his conviction, "...Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody half-way through, not even for fear of a goddess" (Achebe 73). …