Everything Falls Apart

Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” In the novel, Things Fall Apart, Written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo’s inability to change causes the majority of his problems that he attempts to resolve them using the same methods that caused them, “No problem can be solved from the same level if consciousness that created it.” (Einstein). The way Okonkwo tries to remedy his problems…

Okonkwo had a strong response to the cultural collision in Things Fall Apart. Before encountering Western influence, Okonkwo was a strong but insecure man who cared a lot about gaining titles and respect. He immediately rejected the new culture and wanted to maintain their tribes’ original belief system, but unwillingness to change led him to end his own life. Okonkwo began to feel separate and distant from his once strong and resilient tribe because of their lack of action against the European…

because they have to choose between two cultures: the culture they have always known and the culture that is being introduced to them. Okonkwo is an example because he is exposed to both the Ibo culture and European culture. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo experiences a cultural collision, which is caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture, in order to convey Achebe’s statement that when two cultures collide, they will often clash, and one culture…

Up until the fictional novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the only reverence material the unfamiliar white audience had for Africa was through Joesph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Achebe decided that he needed to make a statement to discredit the authenticity of Conrad’s savage portrayal of Africa through a glimpse into the civilized culture of the Igbo people. The tribe’s civilization was shown by their greeting tradition of breaking the kola nut, their respect for the mother of the…

Perception of Gender Roles A common question concerns what male and female roles in society are and if there is an in-between. In Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe explains the many challenges Okonkwo, a very honorable member from the Umuofia clan, faces with himself about cognitive dissonance. This Nigerian clan constantly revolves life around a deliberate gender role system. Okonkwo dedicates his life to always being masculine due to the fear of becoming a failure like his father Unoka, who did…

“The waiting backcloth jumped into tumultuous life and the meeting was stopped. Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action. He discerned fright in that tumult. He heard voices asking: “why did he do it?” (205). Okonkwo had killed a messenger who had interrupted the town meeting and instead of killing the other Europeans, the town just stood there wondering…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, this novel tells the story of an African tribal hero and before the British colonial invasion of Igbo people's living conditions, this novel known as the masterpiece of African english novel. The author with keen insight portrayed a tradition of heroic image - the hero Okonkwo is a very perseverance and full of wisdom, his whole life is committed to overcome the shadow of his weak father around him, and achieved great success. In the fellow between the…

The book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe tells of an Ibo village in Africa and its culture, along with how they are changed after the missionaries from England come to their villages. The missionaries impose their beliefs and religion onto the Ibo people through school and preaching the “right way to live”. The characters followed in this book are Okonkwo, an icon in the Ibo village; Nwoye, Okonkwo’s outsider son; and Obierika, one of Okonkwo’s good friends. This book helps to…

Things Fall Apart: Foil A foil is a secondary character who shines light on the main character.The secondary characters in this novel are Ezeudu, Obierika, and Nwoye. Mail character is Okonkwo who shows many issues he has with the help from the secondary characters who highlights Okonkwo's wonderful and terrible qualities he has Achebe choose to have Okonkwo as a foil character to show the many different things that's he does wrong in this community. In this novel Things Fall Apart Chinua…

parent or to be the complete opposite. In the novel, “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo observes all the situations his father, Unoka, goes through and decides he wants to be nothing like his father. Throughout the third and fourth chapter of book, Okonkwo detests all the struggles his father experiences and ultimately ends up strongly disliking Unoka based on his struggles. When Okonkwo is in his teenage years, he does everything he can to be successful and prosperous due to the…