Things Fall Apart

Achebe's portrayal of fate and free will in "Things Fall Apart" highlights the tension between individual actions and inevitable destiny. Characters like Okonkwo strive to control their lives through...

In the novel, weather symbolically relates to religion and affects the emotional, spiritual, and physical realms by mirroring Okonkwo's life and fate. The erratic weather, including drought and...

Okonkwo asked Nwakibie, a successful farmer, for seed yams to start his own farm. Despite his poor background and his father's failures, Okonkwo was determined to succeed as a yam farmer. He proposed...