In the book Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe is trying to give an explanation of what it is like to live in an African society. The story is about a man named Okonkwowho is a member of the Ibo tribe. Achebe is telling the story of Okonkwo from hischildhood till his death. Before I read this book I did not have a very good idea of howpeople lived in Africa, and the ideas of I did have about life in traditional African societiesturned out to be untrue. Achebe did a very good job of illustrating a traditional Africansociety, and by reading this book I now have a much better idea of what life is like in anon-western society. I think that this was Achebe's goal in writing this book, to educatepeople about some of the struggles people have and life in traditional African societies.The title Things Fall Apart is a good choice for a title of this book. The maincharacter, Okonkwo, did not like the way his father lived. He thought that a man shouldbe strong and do typical male tasks. But Okonkwo's father, Unoka, did not fit moldaccording to Okonkwo. Okonkwo was ashamed of his father, and told himself that hewould make a better life for himself and his family. Okonkwo was able to do this, hebecame very successful in the Ibo tribe and had gained a very high standing in the tribe. Itwas his goal to become an elder in the tribe, and it looked like he was going to achievethat goal. Okonkwo was banished form the tribe for seven years for killing a boy, and wasforced to live with his mother's tribe for the seven years. Okonkwo lost all of his titles andhis standing in the Ibo tribe. After the seven years had passed, Okonkwo went back to theIbo tribe and had to start his live over. Over the seven years that Okonkwo was away, theIbo tribe changed a lot. Most of these changes were do to the missionaries which hadcome to Africa to try to convert people to Christianity. Okonkwo could not accept thesechanges, and in a rage of anger he kill...
