Chinua Achebe

Even at birth you can be dealt the wrong hand and expected to become nothing in this world. Some people will eventually succumb to these thoughts, but others will use this as motivation. In the novel, “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe, the main character decides to use his father’s failure as a method to triumph over adversity. It takes the judgement of others and one bad example to drive someone to become successful. For Instance, Okonkwo -the protagonist- was raised in the tribe of…

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the main character, Okonkwo, is a strong and powerful man of the Ibo tribe in Africa. Okonkwo faces consequences as a result of the constant determination to be the opposite of his father. This event starts a long line of repercussions for Okonkwo and his family. Okonkwo’s mistakes result in his downfall and the undoing of a great warrior. Okonkwo had numerous achievements that eventually started a chain reaction of mistakes. Okonkwo’s…

In the minds of the Europeans, sending out missionaries to spread Christianity and the word God was a positive. However, it caused untold havoc on the tribes and people they tried to convert. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, gives us a look at the impact missionaries had on the people they affected. Okonkwo, the main character of Things Fall Apart, we see is impacted by the cultural collision of the Ibo society and the Christian missionaries. Okonkwo strives to appear masculine and…

When I look at examples from the two stories, An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I see that both main characters are rather naive in their initial understanding of the battles they were about to fight, and they both underestimated their enemies. Dr.Stockmann and Okonkwo, are both men of strong believes in their causes. However, they are unlike each other in the way that each ends the narrative. While Dr.Stockmann understands that there is dignity in…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we are introduced to the peoples of Umuofia and their battle to save the sanctity of the Ibo culture from the oppression by British Colonists. Near the end of the 1800’s the “Scramble for Africa” was well under way, and British colonist influence began to appear in Nigeria as well as the presence of missionaries, who brought with them the word of God. Colonization, is the migration of a large quantity of one or more groups to a colonial area, whom keep…

Things Fall Apart People emotions motivate how they act and what they do. In books some characters only have one emotion and act on their emotions. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo proves to be a flat character because he is always violent and angry. In the beginning of the novel Okonkwo only shows anger and violence by almost killing his wife. Okonkwo had all this pent up anger and was looking for a way to take it out. Then he saw that the banana tree looked different…

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.…

Lillian Friefeld Mr. Lewis PIB Language Arts 8 9 November 2015 Relationships and Fear The character Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is driven by the fear of change as well as losing his self worth. This impacts many of his actions and relationships throughout the novel and is rooted in his relationship with his father, Unoka. The contrast between Unoka’s lazy but happy personality and Okonkwo’s severe, cold, and yet determined state of mind is reflected in how he treats his wives…

Colonization by Europeans is not a new story and is often told by the voice of the conqueror. Experiencing the direct effect it has on a certain group and how the influence of western culture can create complete turmoil in foreign lands from the victim 's perspective, exposes another side to this age old tale. The Igbo people of lower Niger experience direct contact with Europeans and their start of colonization: conversion to Christianity. This simple religious outreach deeply altered customary…

of the deceased, mixing the crushed bones with other ingredients, and then consuming the bone mixture. While this seems bizarre to us, they may find putting glass ornaments and boxes under a pine tree just as ludicrous. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, traditions are integral to the Igbo people, and they are a central theme. The Igbo people, like the rest of the world, partake in traditions specific to themselves and protect their traditions, just as anybody else would. If somebody walked…