Things Fall Apart Comparative Essay

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe features the character Nwoye, the son of one of the strongest and most powerful men in the village, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is scared of failure because that is what his father became, so he is incredibly harsh on Nwoye. When the western men invade, Nwoye is torn between two worlds: converting to Christianity where he can start a new life, orstaying loyal to his family and village. Nwyoe ultimately makes the choice to go against his father. Due to the arrival of western culture, Nwoye leaves his family, converts to Christianity, and changes his name.

     Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats have been considered literary classics. Although there may be a gap between the times of publication, the themes and connotations are strikingly similar. In both works, there is a progression of chaos in time caused by change and eventually leads to an end.

In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe employs imagery, symbolism, and themes to reveal the story of Okonkwo. Throughout the novel he weaves in these things to really tell us the tale.

Things Falls Apart tells of the tragedy that takes place when people are out of their place. The first half of the novel contains relatively routine events in the life of Okonkwo. It is not until the second half, when the Europeans arrive, that his life is significantly disrupted. Achebe says that, to Conrad, it is very

Different countries have people that hold many different views and beliefs. In Nigeria the Igbo area is located in the southern area of the country. And within this area is Umuofia, which is where the Ogidi tribe lives. These people have beliefs that rest strongly on religion and faith in god. "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe takes a look at the life of an African tribe that has been isolated from the outer more technologically advanced world where science has become a part of religion proving that certain things live sickness are not caused by evil spirits. But the African tribe has no knowledge of this and they live in a society where there traditions, beliefs and there forms of communication differ from are own.

Interpretation of Character and Theme Essay It seems that everyone takes their views to the extremes. Chinua Achebe and Katey Schultz’s works Things Fall Apart and Deuce Out suggest that taking beliefs too far can cause a character’s downfall.. The cause of their misunderstandings of the characters in these works are different but the root of both is fear. When others in the works warn them or bring up the reality of war, the characters largely ignore their advice and warnings.

In Things Fall Apart Achebe focuses upon the ending of an era by integrating a negative tone towards the subject. Achebe uses his attitude towards the life of the tribe, before and after, the invasion of Christian missionaries and whites to show the tension between the tribe, and the whites. When Okonkwo kills another tribe

Mr. Yeats relates his vision, either real or imagined, concerning prophesies of the days of the Second coming. The writer uses the Holy Bible scripture text for his guide for because no one could explain this period of time without referring to the Holy Bible. He has chosen to present it in the form of a poem, somewhat like the quatrains of Nostradamus. The poem does not cover all the details of this event, but does give the beginning of the powerful messages, and a dark look at those ominous days surrounding the Second Coming of The Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps he is trying in his own words to warn everyone about the end time days.

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we learn a lot about the impact the climate and geography has on the culture. Achebe is able to explain the climate andgeography in a way that accurately depicts how they effect the people of Umuofia. Achebe mentions droughts, proximity of other villages and makes other subtle references to the agriculture and flora that effects these people and their culture. In Things Fall Apart, we are able to learn how the climate and geography affects the farmers, wars and culture of the Umuofia people.

“In response to Conrad's stereotypical depiction of Africans, Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart through the point of view of the natives to show Africans, not as primitives, but as members of a thriving society. Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo's life as he strives for prestige in his community. When European missionaries come to Umuofia, Okonkwo's clan, Okonkwo tries to protect the culture that the missionaries would destroy in the name of "civilizing" the natives. However his rigid mentality and violent behavior has the opposite of its intended effect, perpetuating the stereotype of the wild African in the eyes of the

Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," written in 1919 and published in 1921 in his collection of poems Michael Robartes and the Dancer, taps into the concept of the gyre and depicts the approach of a new world order. The gyre is one of Yeats' favorite motifs, the idea that history occurs in cycles, specifically cycles "twenty centuries" in length (Yeats, "The Second Coming" ln. 19). In this poem, Yeats predicts that the Christian era will soon give way apocalyptically to an era ruled by a godlike desert beast with the body of a lion and the head of a man (ln. 14). Critics have argued about the exact meaning of this image, but a close reading of the poem, combined with some simple genetic work, shows

The novel, things fall apart was set in the late nineteenth century which was a period of conflict and drastic change in Africa, where indigenous societies clashed with imperialistic European powers. The author, Chinua Achebe adds this tension of the historic British colonial expansion to present another dimension to Okonkwo's tragedy. Achebe challenges ethnocentric views of Africa through his use of language throughout the novel. The author also includes themes of Cultural relativism by introducing the Ibo’s traditions and language.

Yeats continues in his search for religion in “The Second Coming” from the genre, to the patterns, that even follow the symbolism of the poem. Yeats uses the genre that is Poetry and uses several patterns where he writes about the world being in trouble and the 20th Century is asleep and where the earth is being transformed into a desert, where darkness of black shadows are taking over the earth and a beast is rising, he explains this in many ways throughout “The Second Coming”. Yeats also talks and relates back throughout the whole poem in talking about the falcon circling as the same as the “gyre” circling. As symbolism throughout “The Second Coming Yeats

When Yeats wrote, "The Second Coming" the world was in violence and turmoil. Due to WWI just ending, the Russian Revolutions had started, and The Angelo Irish War was approaching. Through all these events, Yeats was trying to come to terms with the end of an age and the changing future of the 20th Century. For Yeats, the future of the world was in chaos and because of this it gives the poem its meaning, this leaves Yeats struggling to understand his own beliefs in religion. Throughout "The Second Coming" Yeats uses a narrator to tell the story and uses a new form of writing called automatic writing. This new

The epigraph starts by introducing a falcon which doesn’t feel safe and starts to get more out of control. When comparing the novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and William butler Yeats poem "The Second Coming", at first there