Author’s Bio Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian author and educator that published the groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe in the Ibo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria in 1930. He attended a local mission school, later attending a secondary school in Umuahia. His environment as a child is shown in the exposition of the novel Things Fall Apart. He grew up when the Europeans were settling in Nigeria at the time, “Achebe grew up balanced between the two conflicting worlds of traditional Ibo tribal life and the new European/Christian beliefs and values that he would chronicle in Things Fall Apart” (Burt OL). This mix between Ibo and European culture is what the plot of Things Fall Apart is based around.
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Okonkwo is the leader of Umuofia and brought Umuofia to glory among all the other Ibo villages. This book is divided into three sections. The first section and the rising action of this novel introduced Okonkwo and his desire to be manly and not to be his father. His father was a coward, so Okonkwo devoted his life to making sure he did not become his father. “Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness.” (Achebe 13). As the novel progresses this behavior will lead to an inner conflict, and eventually to his death. His desire to be the opposite of his father leads to the death many people including Ikemefuna, a young boy he treated like a son, and turns him into a cruel ruler. Towards the end of the first part he is banished to an outside village because he “accidentally” killed another boy during a religious ceremony. He finds out that the village he is banished to is where his father once …show more content…
He would return with a flourish, and regain the seven wasted years.” (Achebe 171). Okonkwo realizes that the Europeans had already incorporated their system of government in Umuofia, and the leader of the town was the District Commissioner, a brutally cruel man much like Okonkwo. Okonkwo quickly realizes that winning his village back would be no easy task which begins the falling action of the novel. The Europeans already had the upper hand with modernized advancements while the Ibo people were still using a bow and arrow. Unfortunately, things didn’t go according to plan and Okonkwo was ashamed. As a resolution Okonkwo hanged himself shortly
Okonkwo is the leader of Umuofia and brought Umuofia to glory among all the other Ibo villages. This book is divided into three sections. The first section and the rising action of this novel introduced Okonkwo and his desire to be manly and not to be his father. His father was a coward, so Okonkwo devoted his life to making sure he did not become his father. “Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness.” (Achebe 13). As the novel progresses this behavior will lead to an inner conflict, and eventually to his death. His desire to be the opposite of his father leads to the death many people including Ikemefuna, a young boy he treated like a son, and turns him into a cruel ruler. Towards the end of the first part he is banished to an outside village because he “accidentally” killed another boy during a religious ceremony. He finds out that the village he is banished to is where his father once …show more content…
He would return with a flourish, and regain the seven wasted years.” (Achebe 171). Okonkwo realizes that the Europeans had already incorporated their system of government in Umuofia, and the leader of the town was the District Commissioner, a brutally cruel man much like Okonkwo. Okonkwo quickly realizes that winning his village back would be no easy task which begins the falling action of the novel. The Europeans already had the upper hand with modernized advancements while the Ibo people were still using a bow and arrow. Unfortunately, things didn’t go according to plan and Okonkwo was ashamed. As a resolution Okonkwo hanged himself shortly