Things Fall Apart

The year of violence The story of thing fall apart is about the Protagonist named Okonkwo, and this takes places in a Nigerian village of Umuofia in the 1880s, before any missionaries have arrived. The way the Ibo people worship their god is by sacrifice, communal living, war, and magic. This show how the village from Umuofia is the strongest and their style of live and how they maintain their strength. Okonkwo is the Protagonist of the story.

Question ( 2 ): Discuss Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe 's “Things Fall Apart” is a tragic hero.

I believe the title “Things Fall Apart” mostly comes from what happens towards the end of the novel. In the novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo’s life is what is initially falling apart. When this happens he is also taking his whole tribe down with him and they are suffering as well. His tribe is known as the “Igbo tribe”. However, there are other reasons, many reasons, for Okonkwo’s life and tribe to fall apart and here are just three.

The world is filled with many different types of societies and cultures. This is due to the fact that many people share dissimilar beliefs and ideas, as well as diverse ways of life. People lived under different circumstances and stipulations, therefore forming cultures and societies with ideas they formulated, themselves. These two factors, society and culture, are what motivate people to execute the things that they do. Many times, however, society and culture can cause downgrading effects to an assemblage if ever it is corrupt or prejudiced. Society and culture not only influences the emotions individuals have toward things like age differences, religion, power, and equality but also the actions they perform as a result.

Traditions play a huge role in someones personality and life. I wouldn’t say they define us but they shift and mold who we are going to be when we grow up. If you strip away the core of traditions or activities that were considered normal, it could really affect someone. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is a perfect example of this theory. He was torn that Missionaries came into Umofia while he was gone and changed everything. Okonkwo felt betrayed by how much change took toll in Umofia. He isn’t used to the new rules and regulars given by the Christians. He was offended and didn’t agree with anything the Christian's rules. Unfortunately for Okonkwo, it was too late to change anything. It had been 7 years and the people of Umofia had already been

Okonkwo the son of the useless and unimportant father Unoka strives to become rich and successful in the Ibo, unlike his father who was simple, poor and always was in debt from all of the people around. Okonkwo tries to

Caelan Barranta Mr.Miller English 10: Period 3 10/23/14 Think Carefully Before Proceeding An Analysis About the Behavior Similarities of the Tortoise and Okonkwo Throughout Things Fall Apart, stories are told as a part of tradition and culture. In Chapter 11, Ekwefi tells a story to Ezinma about a tortoise that asks a bird to give him feathers so he may fly up to a feast in the sky. However, when he arrives, he greedily eats all of the food and leaves only horrible scraps left for everyone else.

Traditions and customs is one of the majorly used themes in the book,Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe. In the three parts of the books we see how this theme is used and how much it indicated that people valued and respected their traditions and customs. There were certain measures that would be taken if anyone in the clan failed to follow this traditions and if they broke it, they would receive the appropriate punishment. They had different traditions, for example when Okonkwo accidentally kills one of his clansmen on ( page 124). Obierika and some other clan members set Okonkwo’s house on fire demolished his wall, killed his animals and destroyed is barn.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe takes place in a small fictional village called Umuofia, Nigeria. The people of the community (Igbo) have very strong religious views and are extremely devout to the Oracle Agbala. Because of their respect and fear of the Gods, the community has many superstitions. Some of these include their fear of “ogbanje”-wicked children that die at an early age and are reborn. Also, when twins are born they are left to die in the woods.

Cultures and societies (no matter how different) categorize their people using a multitude of apparatus (trophies, gender, titles, race, statuses, you name it & they’ve probably got it). These trophies and titles define people much more than any personality trait or moral philosophy. They become normalized, and consequently this leads to the desire (drive) of everyone to become more decorated (for appearance purposes), but also [leads to] the inevitable division and destruction of purpose, and society.

The theme of Things Fall Apart is struggling between change and tradition. Some of the tribe members become open to the new ideas and faith that is brought in by the white men and may change and conform to it, while others oppose the change and will only stick to the traditional views of their society. The main character, Okonkwo, can be seen as having the most difficult time with the change that comes with the white missionaries settling in the land. One example of this theme is when the book states that Okonkwo knew “He had lost the chance to lead his warlike clan against the new religion...” (171).

One piece of literature that has changed my views about other cultures is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart has opened my eyes to the culture of the Igbo culture and has proven to me that Africans are more than just sick, starving, uneducated people. Due to Stereotypes, and other forms of media, I would have never guessed that the Africans have such a sophisticated culture and complex society. In addition to Igbo culture, Things Fall Apart has also opened my eyes to other cultures as well. In chapter 25 of Thomas Fosters How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster explains that to understand literature you must be able to read through the lines.

Sean Chappell Professor Watkins December 1, 2014 Western Civilization II A Response to “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe The book “Things Fall Apart”, written by Chinua Achebe, is a story that follows a protagonist named Okonkwo who lives in Umoufia and focuses on his life and all the way until the end of his life. This story also brings up the influence of other countries and how they can affect and change a culture.

Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed novel Things Fall Apart, tells the story of Okonkwo a leader of Umuofia, a village in now present day Nigeria (west Africa). Throughout the novel we see their unique culture and traditions; how it is soon destroyed by missionaries who came to colonize them in the late 1880s. How the colonization of Western Africa left its community in ruins. Colonialism's effects on Okonkwo. For example, it separates him and Nwoye.

The novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe is a story about personal beliefs, customs and also about conflict. There is struggle between family and within culture and it also deals with the concept of culture and the notion of the values and traditions within a culture. The word culture is Latin and means to cultivate. To cultivate has several meanings; it can mean to plow, fertilize, raise and plant, to win someone’s friendship, woo and take favor with, to ingratiate oneself with, to better, refine, elevate, educate, develop and enrich. In Things Fall Apart all these words are accurate in describing the culture of Umuofia. A culture is an