Things Fall Apart Essays

In this essay, I will write about about a man who believes that fear should not be an option, and that he should always have faith in his spirits. The man’s name is Okonkwo, he is the main character in the book I’m writing about, “Things Fall Apart,” by Chinua Achebe. The fear he had towards his own kids make it hard to love him. In the beginning of the story he was harsh to everyone, and towards the end of the story he was broken down. In the beginning, Okonkwo was horrible to everyone around…

The Effect of Masculinity in Things Fall Apart Human rights activist Eve Ensler once said, “The tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn’t killed our hearts. It’s killed men’s hearts. It’s silenced them; it’s cut them off.” Although the quote is from the 20th century America, Ensler’s idea is relevant in many societies throughout history. Men have typically believed that masculinity defines their power and…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is written in English so that Achebe can carry out the beliefs and experiences of his African culture. Even though the book, Things Fall Apart is written in English, Achebe used vocabulary that is spoken in his country to make the book more Africanized. Chinua Achebe’s first pronouncement stated, “Here then is an adequate revolution for me to espouse- to help my society regain belief in itself and put away the complexes of the years of denigration and…

foreigners moved to your area and tried to change the traditions you have been practicing for years into their own traditions? Anytime two groups of people have their own views and beliefs, they cannot coexist in one area peacefully. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Igbo tribe is going through several issues due to cultural clashing. During all of this cultural clashing, Okonkwo, a clan leader who has earned a high status in his clan, is struggling to stick to tribal…

The book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe focuses on the character Okonkwo, his family and the Ibo tribe. The book Things Fall Apart gives many examples of how Okonkwo has failures and consequences for his failures and then has to live with these consequences and their negative effects. Many examples of this show up throughout the novel such as him killing another tribesman by accidentally shooting off his defective old gun and this has him and his family getting banished from their tribe.…

liminality is not only confined to an individual experience, although this can also the case. Rather, liminality may also be extrapolated in order to understand the transitional changes in the political and societal landscapes as showcased by Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and the National…

Throughout the entire novel, one sees how Okonkwo deals with changes - acquiring Ikemefuna, being exiled for seven years, returning to a changed-home - and yet in the very end, despite being one of the clan's strongest voice with regard to the challenge of the colonizers and how the people who had turned seemed to spit on their culture, beliefs and fellowmen, he was the one who hanged himself. It would seem like Okonkwo, instead of being the 'champion', became a failure in choosing not to…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo demonstrates his true manliness throughout the book. He is a great fighter and is respected by many in the clan of Umuofia. Okonkwo doesn’t think that his son Nwoye is masculine enough and doesn’t think of him as his son while his adopting a son whose name is Ikemefuna through settlement. Ogbuefi Ezeudu, who was a wise man, died. At his funeral, Okonkwo’s gun explodes and kills Ogbuefi Ezeudu’s sixteen year old son which gets him and his family a…

In the novel “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo was a brave, respected, intimidating, and wealthy man. He had a severe look, with a wide nose and bushy eyebrows, and “seemed to walk on springs”(4). Although Okonkwo was highly respected by the villagers they still thought he was unsympathetic. Okonkwo believed that anyone who was not succeeding was doing. So due to the lack of trying he did not believe those people deserved very much respect because of all the hard work he had to put…

Western intellectuals in reference to the Africans affected the view of Africans during that time. Achebe’s unique insights in his writings can affect modern society because modern society still suffers from this issue but with different nuances. Things Fall Apart is one of Achebe’s best writings to explore this issue due to many of the times it serves as a foil to Western Society, as well as, the interactions between the Christian missionaries and the Igbo people. I am not the only one who…