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Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

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Things Fall Apart

The Umuofia community in Things Fall Apart is held together by traditional customs, religious ceremonies, social hierarchy, familial relationships, and a dependence on farming. Chinua Achebe...

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Things Fall Apart

The title "Things Fall Apart" reflects the protagonist's struggle and the community's disintegration during the transition to British colonialism. Taken from Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," it...

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