Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (1958)

 

Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (1958) centers on a traditional Umuofian man Okonkwo and highlights the influence of white missionaries and the British colonial power on the Ibo clan. Why is it important for Okonkwo to act like a “manly” man on an individual level and a societal level? Does Okonkwo’s belief in the clan’s traditional culture clash with the new rules imposed by the British colonial power? Why does Okonkwo “mourn for the clan” and what causes the disintegration among the villagers? What does Okonkwo’s death symbolize in the novel? Please provide at least two textual examples to prove and support your analysis of the novel (about 250- 300 words).

 

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