“Things Fall Apart” is a novel written by Chinua Achebe that tells the story of the decline of the Igbo society in Nigeria. The novel follows the life of Okonkwo, a strong and respected man in his community, as he witnesses the changes that come with the arrival of the British colonists. As Okonkwo struggles … Read more
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and William Butler Yeats’ “The Second Coming” are two pieces of literature that deal with the idea of change. They both explore the idea of what happens when traditional systems and beliefs are challenged. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe examines the effect that European colonization has on the Igbo people … Read more
Things Fall Apart is a novel by Chinua Achebe that tells the story of Okonkwo, a man of great prestige and power in his tribe. However, Okonkwo’s hubris leads to his downfall, and he is eventually exiled from his tribe. This essay will analyze Okonkwo’s hubris and how it leads to his undoing. Okonkwo is … Read more
The protagonist of Things Fall Apart (1958), Okonkwo, is a powerful and respected tribal leader in Umuofia. He is the son of a successful farmer and lives with his seven wives and three children. He is a violent man who does not hesitate to commit murder or use violence as a solution. He is difficult … Read more
I feel that I am more like Conrad and Beth. Conrad has a very violent side of him, as well as myself. I have calmed down a lot from it, but I know that I still have it in me. It took little effort for me to snap in the way Conrad did in chapter … Read more
Proverbs and idioms have been around since the existence of language. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe uses these proverbs and vernacular language very well to write a novel that is appreciated and understood by a diverse crowd of readers. To be able to explain a very different culture to a diverse group of readers is … Read more
In this paper I will compare and contrast one aspect of pre and post colonial Ibo culture and the way that lives are lived and the way they are affected, in the Ibo agricultural culture era, wealth is not displayed by riches but by yams!? In the Ibo cultures yams are used to show wealth … Read more