Chinua Achebe, "Things Fall Apart" Explain how Ikemefuna used as a foil to help make clear the essence of Nwoye.

Explain how Ikemefuna used as a foil to help make clear the essence of Nwoye.
A foil is literally a sheet of bright metal that is placed under a piece of jewellery to increase its brilliance. In literature, by extension, the term is applied to any person or sometimes thing that through strong contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. The first 47 pages set up two character foils, Unoka for Okonkwo and Ikemefuna for Nwoye. Focusing on the latter, it can be said that Ikemefuna as a foil for Nwoye contrasts Ikemefuna's abilities, liveliness, and manlines…