"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats shows many examples of things that happen in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. I chose to use "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold" as an image that Achebe uses throughout the story to understand what happens to Okonkwo and the Ibo tribe.
The book shows the culture and ways of the Ibo people of Nigeria, but through the book, things start to fall apart. In the beginning, it shows the ways, culture, and religon of the Ibo people. It talks about how Okonkwo's father was lazy and liked music. Okonkwo is very different, as he is a hard worker and tries to be the leader of things. It shows Okonkwo wishes different of his children. He wants Nyowe to be not as lazy as he is and he wishes Ezinma was a boy because he thought she would make a hard worker and she understands all of his emotions.
Then one day, during a feast, Okonkwo's gun accidentally goes off and kills a boy. He is then banished for 7 years. During these 7 years, British missionaries come in and try to spread Christianity to the Ibo people. Many people join the British ways and the Ibo tribe starts to fall apart. When Okonkwo returns after 7 years, he is informed of all of this and instead of fighting back, he kills himself in the end.
I think Achebe used this image in many ways, including when he kills the boy and is banished, and when the British come in and start influencing people to join them. I think Achebe uses this image the most when Okonkwo kills himself at the end because he knows things are falling apart and he probably won't get things back together again.
The book shows the culture and ways of the Ibo people of Nigeria, but through the book, things start to fall apart. In the beginning, it shows the ways, culture, and religon of the Ibo people. It talks about how Okonkwo's father was lazy and liked music. Okonkwo is very different, as he is a hard worker and tries to be the leader of things. It shows Okonkwo wishes different of his children. He wants Nyowe to be not as lazy as he is and he wishes Ezinma was a boy because he thought she would make a hard worker and she understands all of his emotions.
Then one day, during a feast, Okonkwo's gun accidentally goes off and kills a boy. He is then banished for 7 years. During these 7 years, British missionaries come in and try to spread Christianity to the Ibo people. Many people join the British ways and the Ibo tribe starts to fall apart. When Okonkwo returns after 7 years, he is informed of all of this and instead of fighting back, he kills himself in the end.
I think Achebe used this image in many ways, including when he kills the boy and is banished, and when the British come in and start influencing people to join them. I think Achebe uses this image the most when Okonkwo kills himself at the end because he knows things are falling apart and he probably won't get things back together again.
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ReplyDeleteYour organization of a short essay is fine here...the image in the poem, though, is "the falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart." Yes, things fall apart, but HOW does the image of separation between the falcon and falconer seem like the way that things fall apart for O.? You haven't actually addressed the question here.