Things Fall Apart Analysis

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a widely-acclaimed novel that has been read and studied for decades. It is considered one of the most influential works of African literature, with themes and symbolism woven in to depict the culture and experiences of Igbo people from Nigeria. Uncovering the Themes…

Through the story of Okonkwo and his community, Achebe shows how local traditions and cultural practices in a sense fell apart in the new externally generated pressures that arose as a consequence of colonization. The story focuses on the tragic fall of Okonkwo, the protagonist, and the Igbo culture after…

             Chinua Achebe is one of the great postcolonial writers from Nigeria. His choice of language and his themes always point to his fellow Africans and their struggles against the imperialist invaders from Europe.  The overlying theme of the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua…

Cultural Change In the novel “Things Fall Apart”, Achebe has challenged readers to actively involve themselves in analyzing the issues that are raised within the entire text. The author brings out the issue of tradition verses change to the forefront of the Igbo and Umuofia society for the reader to…

Achebe’s novel and masterpiece has its setting in the Igbo homeland, southeastern of Nigeria. Chinua Achebe did the novel setting in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Achebe provides a vivid and affectionate description surrounding the Ibo clan culture. The novel also centralizes much of its focus on the life…

“Things Fall Apart” is a legendary piece of literature, due to its significant importance, in the ranks of arts, this story, represented various realities of life in a creative way. However, the key message of this story signified the tendency of change, which is embedded in the very fabric of…

The chapter one of across the bridge brings out the issue of reflection of Igbo society.It speaks of the traditions of the Igbo people that they observed. The traditions portrayed are story telling culture, which are an essential part of the night with parents narrating funny or educative stories to…

Chinua, in his work titled Things fall apart, depicts the era and civilization of early twentieth and late nineteenth century beautifully. The book was a winning piece of literature in the market in the late 1950’s. The success of this novel was not only reliant on the way Chinua depicted…