Aphorism In Things Fall Apart

An aphorism is a pithy observation that contains a general truth, similar to what a proverb is. In the story Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there are a variety of aphorisms said by different people to describe their point in a creative manner. One such that stood out is "A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing" said by Ogbuefi Idigo when he questions the group why a man in their village quit his job all of the sudden (Achebe 20). The aphorism said by Ogbuefi relates to toads and how the human nature, people do not do things peculiar without a reason, is true. The subject Ogbuefi uses in his aphorism is the toad and to understand the aphorism, one must know the nature and habits of them. Toads are "mostly nocturnal, resting during