This is an IB essay, i received a 6 on it (4.0 GPA), the conclusion is superficial and needs work... hope this helps.

'"'Novelists have a less or more sympathetic interest in the contradictions of human behavior.'"' In what ways, and by what means, are such contradictions presented in the works you have read?
Novelists Achebe and Goethe realize that people are not constants, reasoning that although people certainly have flaws, they can still be admired and achieve greatness. Authors show that contradictions are not necessarily the marks of an irrational person. In each of the novels Things Fall Apart and The Sorrows of Young Werther, the protagonist has a defining trait that primarily determines his a…