In Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart, one of this main focus points is sacrifice. Achebe uses many different kinds of sacrifice throughout his novel. Achebe portrays animal and human sacrifice in the turn on the century African Igbo culture as an integral part of part of African religion. Animal sacrifice is exhibited when Okonkwo slaughters a goat for his first wife’s third child. He sacrifices himself when he cannot get away from the people around him that proselytize to the new Christian way. Okonkwo faces sacrifice through religion and Christian people pushing their limits.
Okonkwo sacrifices a goat for his first wife’s third child. In the Igbo religion, it is an honor to have three healthy children, it is almost like an appreciation
Okonkwo sacrifices a goat for his first wife’s third child. In the Igbo religion, it is an honor to have three healthy children, it is almost like an appreciation