Things Fall Apart book report
Date Submitted: 09/16/2003 11:02:54
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 3 pages (798 words)
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 3 pages (798 words)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe there's a man name Okonkwo . He
is a type of man that fears weakness and failure. Okonkwo lives in Umuofia in
the village of Iguedo with three wives and eight children in a large compound
enclosed by a thick wall of red earth. His household points out his wealth and
success that is widely known based on his personal achievements. When he
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…Ikemefuna outside Umuofia he does not know the
men were going to kill him till he gets the blow and Okonkwo "draws his machete
and cuts him down"(61). As Okonkwo does so "he was afraid of being thought
weak". (61).
<Tab/>Overall Okonkwo's actions caused his life to fall apart by his own anger,
accidental incidents, and the fear of becoming like his father that contributed to
his suicide in the end.
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