Everything Falls Apart

A man named Gordon Sparks once said, “At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I have a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.” Okonkwo is a character from Things Fall Apart and is portrayed as a well respected and hardworking member of his tribe. On the other hand Okonkwo is a very controlling, aggressive and abusive man to his family. Okonkwo’s family relationships make him a sympathetic man because he watches over and make…

A harsh, abusive home environment in which a child grows up in could result in them becoming killers like Perry. Perry was raised by his abusive father and did not have a loving family to provide a happy, stable childhood. His parents’ frequent absence, lack of care, and abuse drove him to murder. When Perry was child he “often thought of killing himself” but he didn’t feel this way because he was depressed. Rather he wanted to “punish his father and mother and other enemies” (202). Perry had an…

Close your eyes. You are on the bus enjoying a ride home from school. And then you were shot in the head because you were being educated. Now imagine you are at home with a guest. You feed him ,and entertain him. Then he kills your family ,and forces you to do his work. This was life for some people. People like Malala from I Am Malala, who struggled for the right of education, and Amari from Copper Sun, who struggled from being a slave. Yes they struggled for, what seems to be, different things…

Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, raises the question whether Christianity and British colonization had a unifying or disruptive impact on the Igbo community. Initial reading suggests to the reader that the influence of Christianity produced only a negative impact on the Igbo since the British colonists took over the Igbo community’s way of life, government, and disposed of their religious-cultural traditions in order to build Christian traditions. However, under the surface the missionaries of…

Okonkwo kills a messenger which leads to his demise. Okonkwo is strong which leads to him killing the messenger. Another thing that leads to his demise is his anger. Also he hates christianity. Okonkwo is a very strong good working man and is well known in his clan. He works in his yam farm a lot to keep his strength and wealth. He is also a wrestler. He has been wrestling his whole life and is the best wrestler in his clan. Okonkwo is a very angry man and is always in a bad mood.…

Imperialism, which happens throughout the story. The story known as Things Fall Apart describes the African culture through an African’s point of view because many Europeans consider them a lower class. This story is mainly about Okonkwo, a man caught in between the collision of these two cultures. Within this novel, Okonkwo’s life has been deeply affected by the settlement of the colonials, resulting in him falling apart towards the end. Before the colonists arrived, Okonkwo was considered a…

Though darkness surrounds us, light can shine through in unimaginable ways. In McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, a man and his son are traveling on a road in hopes of finding decent civilization and on the way they dealt with a lot of disturbing events. The main theme in the book is how goodness and light is able to be seen in the midst of evil and darkness. This is shown by deep love, caring actions, and embracing mortality. At the beginning of the novel, the author is already…

time instead of just sitting around relying on his father's miracles and other people's opinions. He decides to get a job to make a bit of money for the family and works really hard without any help. He met with the guy in charge and he understood everything and soon realized that he could do something on his own without the help of another person. He wasn't that nervous and his breathing was good at the time, which allowed him to do something on his own. It links to independence and doing a job…

In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo battles an internal conflict of trying to control his emotions and hide them because he fears of being seen as a women and not a men. Okonkwo character ultimately resolves this conflict by killing himself and controls his emotions instead of fighting back he decides to end it there.; however, this choice also illustrates his true character as both unopened and fearful . Achebe’s character’s decision to write about Okonkwo committing suicide also reveals…

of a community. Instead of one specific person ruling, one country ruling would benefit the community more because every person apart of the population will obtain motivation to conquer. Eventually, not possessing the right of religion will evidently rise up as a problem for the people who obtain passion for their religion.Consequently, the diligent working people apart of the communities continue to lose their freedom, and proceed to worry about the consumption of their freedom. Colonialism…