Yeats The first four lines of, "The Second Coming," by William Butler Yeats ring true throughout, "Things Fall Apart," and served as inspiration for Cinua Achebe. ... Yeats) describes just how sudden the change was in Umuofia. ... Yeats) Related to the Commissioner and his messengers. ... Yeats) These lines perfectly explain change that the Ibo people were put through. ... Yeats) Is parallel to the white man's ideas being reborn in Umuofia. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890s and portrays the clash between Nigeria's white colonial government and the traditional culture of the indigenous Igbo people. Achebe's novel shatters the stereotypical European portraits of native Africans. He is careful to portray the complex, advanced social i...

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