Literature is meaning, structure, and style. Many books are literature and many are not. Things Fall Apart has many key points that make it literature. As you know it’s about a man name Okonkwo and how his life fell apart. His story is not meant for entertainment like Harry Potter but for meaning. But his story also has style. The author put in structure. Things Fall Apart is literature because it has meaning, structure, and style.
Meaning is a big part of why Things Fall Apart is literature. This book has a lot of different meanings; from the traditions to the poem. One of the biggest meaning in this book is when did things fall apart. Maybe it started falling apart when he killed Ibo or maybe when he beat his second wife on peace week. I …show more content…
That other cultures will take control of other cultures. “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, page 0” This last part of the poem supports my reasoning. Why is it talks about anarchy. The anarchy in this book is the white people. They disorder them and take over their culture. For example the Egyptians was there for a long time but they too fall down because of other societies. “The Christians had grown in number and were now a small community of men, women and children,- page 159” This also supports my reason. Why is more and more people turn to christianity, which leaves make their old society smaller and smaller till there is no more. That’s why meaning is why Things Fall Apart is …show more content…
It is divided into 3 part. Then into chapters. There’s also a poem at the beginning that sets the story.In the last body paragrahes I explain the last half of the poem but not the first half. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; page 0.” This shows the character will be spinning/drowning in their problems. That they can’t rise up against it. This sets up the story because it tells that the characters will be stuck and can’t get out of the problem. Now the parts divide the story into three parts. The first part is the introduction and the foreshadowing. The foreshadowing is to the second part. The second part is Okonkwo in exile for 7 years and at the end the white man coming in with their culture. Which foreshadow the third part. The third part is the end of Okonkwo's life. The chapters are the pieces of the story coming together. That why structure is why Things Fall Apart is
Meaning is a big part of why Things Fall Apart is literature. This book has a lot of different meanings; from the traditions to the poem. One of the biggest meaning in this book is when did things fall apart. Maybe it started falling apart when he killed Ibo or maybe when he beat his second wife on peace week. I …show more content…
That other cultures will take control of other cultures. “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, page 0” This last part of the poem supports my reasoning. Why is it talks about anarchy. The anarchy in this book is the white people. They disorder them and take over their culture. For example the Egyptians was there for a long time but they too fall down because of other societies. “The Christians had grown in number and were now a small community of men, women and children,- page 159” This also supports my reason. Why is more and more people turn to christianity, which leaves make their old society smaller and smaller till there is no more. That’s why meaning is why Things Fall Apart is …show more content…
It is divided into 3 part. Then into chapters. There’s also a poem at the beginning that sets the story.In the last body paragrahes I explain the last half of the poem but not the first half. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; page 0.” This shows the character will be spinning/drowning in their problems. That they can’t rise up against it. This sets up the story because it tells that the characters will be stuck and can’t get out of the problem. Now the parts divide the story into three parts. The first part is the introduction and the foreshadowing. The foreshadowing is to the second part. The second part is Okonkwo in exile for 7 years and at the end the white man coming in with their culture. Which foreshadow the third part. The third part is the end of Okonkwo's life. The chapters are the pieces of the story coming together. That why structure is why Things Fall Apart is