Throughout his novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe attempted to describe the details of the Ibo tribe's way of life. ... However, there were weaknesses with this society - the superstitions. ... 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 with the murder of Ikemefuna, then with his exile to another...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7

From the opening pages of Things Fall Apart we are presented with a highly structured society with its own religion, laws and social organisation. ... Indeed, by the end of Things Fall Apart we see that cases have begun to be judged "in ignorance" (p.154) by the colonial administrators. ... In Things Fall Apart there is no system of formal education, and children learn by watching their elders. ... Native people of colonised regions were generally regarded as savage heathens by missionaries, but it is evident from Things Fall Apart that complex set of belief were in existence. ... He has p...

• Word Count: 2919
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

As Chinua Achebe points out in his book, Things Fall Apart, though there is the aspiration to lend a hand, it can sometimes becomes deadly, and even fatal to the lives of people. ... Without the stronghold of customs and traditions, only chaos exists. ... They assist in, " [building] a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia" (146). ... A new society, which saves twins from dying because of superstition from the tribes and receives outcasts with warm and loving hospitality. ... Slowly, with that influence, they w...

• Word Count: 729
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School