Throughout his novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe attempted to describe the details of the Ibo tribe's way of life. ... Essentially, the book set in opposition traditional Nigerian society and the changes wrought by the colonialism of the British. ... The relationship between Okonkwo and his son Nwoye played a significant role in Things Fall Apart because it indicated another downfall of Okonkwo. ... The phrase, "things fall apart" came from the many ways in which the life of Okonkwo changed in ways he was powerless to comprehend. Things first began to "fall apart" for Okonkwo wi...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7

Forty Years later, Chinua Achebe took the third line from that poem for the title of his book Things Fall Apart. ... Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 during the Nigerian renaissance, and it's theme also deals with the notion that change is unavoidable. ... Things begin to fall apart, with the appearance of the white men in Africa and with the introduction of Christianity. Okonkwo is unable to adapt to the changes that accompany colonialism. ... In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo struggles to adapt to the changes the white man brought when he appeared in the Umuofia village. ...

• Word Count: 621
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is a narrative story that follows the life of an African man called Okonkwo. The setting of the book is in eastern Nigeria, on the eve of British colonialism in Africa. ...

• Word Count: 2055
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Societal Impacts on Emotional Stability in Literature Change is one of the hardest things that human beings have to suffer through, because with change comes anxieties, uneasiness, and the disappearance of a comfort zone that one has become accustomed to. ... In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo struggles with the distinction between these two views of society, along with the cultural changes that were happening in his village as the whites moved in to Christianize and colonize Africa. ... "Okonkwo was ruled by one passion to hate everything one of those things was gentleness and another was idle...

• Word Count: 2771
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate