Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria Protectorate and died on March 21, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in the town of Igbo by his parents, Isaiah Okafo Achebe and Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam. He had always excelled at school and was interested in English and Literature. As he studied in university, he slowly became more and more interested in African cultures and began writing stories about them. His stories reflect on Igbo traditions, Christian influences, and the clash between Western and traditional African values. His style is based off of Igbo tradition and representation of folk stories. He also published
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Lions are known for being tough and not giving up without a fight. It is hard to break them, but if you put up a fight then they will fall at some point. Theme The theme of Things Fall Apart is that change is hard. Okonkwo is different because his father was unreliable and didn't raise him right. He has to work on his own to become successful and learn to provide for his family and himself. He also has to live in a village that isn't his true home for seven years and return to chaos. He's tries to make things normal again at his home village and ends up killing himself. When things change abruptly, we tend to not want to accept it. We feel comfortable with how things normally were and when change comes it feels out of order. It is something that we have to get used to all over again. We grow accustomed to certain traditions and want to keep them the same. Things can change for the worse or the better. Either way, change isn't easy. It affects everyone in different ways. Some people benefit from the change and some people may suffer from the change. In Okonkwo's case, he suffered from the change. The
Lions are known for being tough and not giving up without a fight. It is hard to break them, but if you put up a fight then they will fall at some point. Theme The theme of Things Fall Apart is that change is hard. Okonkwo is different because his father was unreliable and didn't raise him right. He has to work on his own to become successful and learn to provide for his family and himself. He also has to live in a village that isn't his true home for seven years and return to chaos. He's tries to make things normal again at his home village and ends up killing himself. When things change abruptly, we tend to not want to accept it. We feel comfortable with how things normally were and when change comes it feels out of order. It is something that we have to get used to all over again. We grow accustomed to certain traditions and want to keep them the same. Things can change for the worse or the better. Either way, change isn't easy. It affects everyone in different ways. Some people benefit from the change and some people may suffer from the change. In Okonkwo's case, he suffered from the change. The