Why do Things Fall Apart?
Chinua Achebe’s, first novel Things Fall Apart is a tragic story, as the reader takes a journey through Okonkwo’s interesting yet tragic story it becomes clear why things “fell apart,” and why this novel is perfectly entitled Things Fall Apart. Things started to fall apart when Okonkwo was exiled, his relationship with his son was destroyed , and when the white man come to his village. The novel makes you fall apart with the characters, and slowly wrecks you. Things really start to fall apart for Okonkwo when he is exiled for seven years after killing one of his clansmen by accident. “Okonkwo’s gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boys heart” (124). So that night, Okonkwo’s family fled to his motherland. Once the day broke, men …show more content…
Okonkwo finds out from his nephew that Nwoye was at the church. After he found out about Nwoye being at the church, he became angry with him and choked him when he came home asking where he was. Luckily Nwoye was saved but, this drove Nwoye away to the church. As Okonkwo was sitting in his Obi thinking “But on further thought he told himself that Nwoye was not worth fighting for” (152). This shows why their relationship was one of the reasons things were falling apart for Okonkwo. By the actions of Nwoye joining the church, his reflected on Okonkwo because this showed he was unable to control his family and keep them away from the Christians. This made him a laughing stock to his village, in his eyes.
After Okonkwo’s seven years in exile, he returned to the village. When he returned he found that more Christian missionaries have came and brought new religion and a new government. By having the Christian missionaries come to Umuofia it brought chaos into the village, because they had no intention on any change. Their tribe was slowly falling apart with their faith religion and beliefs because of the
Chinua Achebe’s, first novel Things Fall Apart is a tragic story, as the reader takes a journey through Okonkwo’s interesting yet tragic story it becomes clear why things “fell apart,” and why this novel is perfectly entitled Things Fall Apart. Things started to fall apart when Okonkwo was exiled, his relationship with his son was destroyed , and when the white man come to his village. The novel makes you fall apart with the characters, and slowly wrecks you. Things really start to fall apart for Okonkwo when he is exiled for seven years after killing one of his clansmen by accident. “Okonkwo’s gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boys heart” (124). So that night, Okonkwo’s family fled to his motherland. Once the day broke, men …show more content…
Okonkwo finds out from his nephew that Nwoye was at the church. After he found out about Nwoye being at the church, he became angry with him and choked him when he came home asking where he was. Luckily Nwoye was saved but, this drove Nwoye away to the church. As Okonkwo was sitting in his Obi thinking “But on further thought he told himself that Nwoye was not worth fighting for” (152). This shows why their relationship was one of the reasons things were falling apart for Okonkwo. By the actions of Nwoye joining the church, his reflected on Okonkwo because this showed he was unable to control his family and keep them away from the Christians. This made him a laughing stock to his village, in his eyes.
After Okonkwo’s seven years in exile, he returned to the village. When he returned he found that more Christian missionaries have came and brought new religion and a new government. By having the Christian missionaries come to Umuofia it brought chaos into the village, because they had no intention on any change. Their tribe was slowly falling apart with their faith religion and beliefs because of the