Things Fall Apart

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, he introduces the Christian missionaries in chapter 16 that had an effect on the Ibo culture as a whole. Some of the tribe took on the new culture as their own, while others pushed it away, saying that it was going to “break their clan and spread destruction among them.” (133) The person that was most affected from their coming was Okonkwo, the main character of the book. Even though he undergoes losing family, friends and also his culture losing its…

The way information is transmitted can completely change the way it is perceived. Chinua Achebe, the author of the African novel, Things Fall Apart, uses an interesting style to paint and image of detrimental change. He focuses on the Ibo culture and its quick transformation when western missionaries invade this concrete culture. Slowly, the intricate culture of the Ibo crumbles. Achebe has an interesting background because of family connections. His grandfather was an Ibo, who left with the…

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” (The Second Coming) Chinua Achebe used his deep interest in Nigerian cultures to write an accurate depiction of African cultures in response to novels such as “Heart of Darkness” which wrongly portrays Africa as a primordial and cultureless addition to Europe. Furthermore, the novel follows a respected leader of Umuofia through his…

Emotional Power played an impactful role in Things Fall Apart, as Okonkwo's issues with himself, first derived from his angst against becoming similar to his father. In the novel, it describes Okonkwo as not a cruel man but to consider that “his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and weakness” (Achebe 10). Since childhood, humiliation plagued him, therefore, he channeled his resentment towards succeeding. Particularly, the man to the far left of my graphic illustration…

his house with a heavy hand. His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of fiery temper…” (Achebe p.9). Anytime he saw such signs he would either beat them or raise his voice so loud that he would lose his train of thought. He did things this way in order to prevent Nwoye from being anything like his lazy grand-father Unoka “...he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow…Unoka was of course a debtor, and he owed every neighbor some money…

The Ibo people of Nigeria have gone untouched from the outside world for hundreds of years. In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, it is depicted how it would be the arrival of Europeans that would forever alter the Ibo culture and Nigeria as a whole. Europeans were able to influence many aspects of Igbo society. It is through religion, government, and education that the Europeans were able to have a lasting impact on Nigerian culture. Religion of the Ibo people was very much…

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is about the unfortunate downfall of the protagonist, Okonkwo, and the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is an honored and effective leader within the Igbo community of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. Things Fall Apart set about instituting the legitimacy of life in tribal Nigeria in the late 19th century, before the arrival of the "civilising" colonialism of Christian missionaries. There are many themes in Things Fall Apart but one theme that is very prominent is…

Christian and Tribal Beliefs Religions have always been controversial depending on the beliefs or cultures that one has been taught. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there is a gap between tribal beliefs and Christianity. To some members of the tribe, Christianity is more appealing than to others and they choose to follow Christianity instead of their tribal beliefs. In chapter sixteen, Achebe is able to illustrate the breach between the different beliefs of the people of the…

by someone else, not doing all they can for shiny capes and seeing their faces on the news. Othello from Othello and Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart are tragic heroes. The definition of tragic heroes is those who have a fatal flaw that leads to a downfall, have high social rank, face harsh punishment, and are there to teach a lesson. The characters Okonkwo and Othello fall within this definition. Every hero has similarities, differences, and types of development which does not alter the hero…

Things fall apart written by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian depicts a story of pre and post-colonial life of the Igbo society in Umuofia. The story begins with vivid descriptions of Okonkwo, the main character of this novel and how he defies odds to claim the status he has in his society. Even with a bad role model father, he copes to succeed in his life through his accomplishments as a fighter for his village, marrying three wives and managing his farm. One day, he was exiled to Mbanta as a…