Things Fall Apart Research Paper

Things Fall Apart is a testimony to the lifestyle of African before and during the colonization of black Africa by European. Formerly, rooted in culture, the Ibo people will experience a socio-cultural upheaval since the early days of the colonists’ arrival.

The culture is the set of knowledge to a person or group. In this work, several types of culture are noticeable. The main activity of Ibos is agriculture. They also organize physical activities such as wrestling championships and traditional dances that were done under the drum beat. The winners were rewarded with titles of honor and glory. The stories were also recognized in the Ibo society as an entertainment activity and as instruction. Besides, this society was marked by polygamy and gave an important place to the dowry. Indeed, the one who wanted to marry should expect a dowry set by his parents-in law. …show more content…
Their way of functioning was very strange as they did not accept the birth of twins that they considered an abomination. They were thrown into the forest of evil spirits they called cursed forest. They did not accept the lepers and the albino either, believing that they were not human beings. These people were not buried but thrown instead. Their customs also does not accept the quarrel between members of the same clan.
Among the Ibo, when someone killed a man (even unintentionally), he was exiled seven years. This is what happened to Okonkwo in the second part of the book. And if the murder was done in cold blood, the sentence was death. If this crime was committed by someone outside of the village, this person would give a virgin and a young boy as compensation in order to avoid war between the clans. But with the arrival of the traditional life of white, Ibo were upset and shaken by white civilization. Some went far as to despise their own