The novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe tells the story of a man named Okonkwo who lives in a small village in Nigeria. The author presents the story of Okonkwo in order to show the struggles between a community rooted in tradition and how it adapts to change. Okonkwo struggles with both his changing … Read more
The Igbo have some really fascinating and interesting festivals and holidays in their culture. They celebrate for weeks at a time during the festivals and holidays. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there are different holidays throughout the novel and there are some festivals as well. There is the Yam Festival and … Read more
Throughout many works of literature is the recurring theme of the belief in the fate of God/gods. The fate of a person given to them by God/gods is shown many times throughout Things Fall Apart and other writings by Chinua Achebe. According to Foley, the chi, “functions as the divine agent whereby an individual is … Read more
Achebe and Fanon talk about colonial authority and colonial violence on colonial subjects. The authors feel violence is the only way to preserve sense of identity. For each book I will talk about three examples of how the books show negative effects of colonial authority and three examples of how they show violence is necessary … Read more
Cultural collision is the colliding of two or more very distinct cultures. It causes tension between the two groups; exhibited in Purple Hibiscus and Things Fall Apart. Kambili is the main character in Purple Hibiscus, she demonstrates cultural collision between her and her father. The cultural collision is not strictly between her father and her, … Read more
Attention Getter: The Ibo culture is a old practice that the people in Southern Nigeria still practice today It’s the second biggest old practices in the world. Transitional Sentence: They have many different customs, traditions and beliefs. Slope:Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a leader named Okonkwo, Okonkwo is a wealthy and well … Read more
An anti-hero is a central character in a story who lacks conventional heroic attributes, has flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but has enough heroic qualities to gain the sympathy of the readers. In the book things fall apart Okonkwo is the protagonist who leads his village called Umofia. He does anything to … Read more
“Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are, and your reputation is what people think you are” (John Wooden). The quote is about when people become too obsessed with their images, they would actually lose their true characters. In Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe implies this message throughout … Read more
The world in Chinua Achedes novel, Things Fall Apart, was a society in which males had control of everything, and the women had control of nothing. As wives, women were seen as property, rather than as partners to be loved and cherished. The men of the Ibo tribe usually married more than one wife because … Read more
For Okonkwo, thing fall apart because he cannot change his ways, and because he will not allow himself to show weakness. He is so imbedded in the traditions of his clan, the Umuofia, that it is impossible for him to change to the modern ways of the British. When the British come and people start … Read more