Things Fall Apart (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chinua Achebe
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Umuofia, an Ibo society on the lower Nile River
- Principal Characters: Okonkwo, Obereika, Nwoye, Ikemefuna
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Postcolonial literature
- Subjects: Culture, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Race, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Exile or expatriates, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Villages, Law or legislation, Christianity, Death or dying, Rulers, Egypt or Egyptians, Government, Modernization
- Locales: Nile River, Umuofia, Africa
The Story:
Okonkwo’s father was cowardly, foolish, and poor in his life, an outcast at his death. When his father died, Okonkwo, on the other hand, though still a young man, had three wives, two barns full of yams, two of his people’s titles, and a reputation as the strongest wrestler and bravest warrior in the nine villages of Umuofia. Okonkwo took great pride in these accomplishments, sometimes forgetting the assistance of his personal god, or chi, and of the man from whom he had borrowed yams to start his own farm.
Despite his accomplishments, Okonkwo...
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