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Lesson 13 — When Rigidity Breaks a House
Sequenced for a later stage
This lesson opens at the tending stage.
The Achebe warning
Okonkwo destroys what he means to protect because he cannot bend. Applied to a household: standards without tenderness produce compliance, and compliance is not loyalty. The strong woman failure mode is the same shape — competence that leaves no room for anyone else's imperfection.
The Test
All questions must be correct for the lesson to log.
1. Okonkwo's failure is best characterised as:
2. Standards without tenderness produce: