things fall apart

Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe is an esteemed book which deals with the life and hardships of an African community trying to express their traditions in a modern, colonized world. The protagonist in the novel is a physically strong warrior, Okonkwo, who is a controlling factor in most of the communities he lives in. Themes of triumph and descent are what makes up Okonkwo’s character during the course of this novel. This …

…by the British that there was no hope possible of retaining the original world ever again, which led to Okonkwo’s destruction. Okonkwo’s struggle to regain control, made him realize there was no hope for himself or his country. So he sacrificed himself in an attempt to return the natives to the old traditions, so that their lives are also not destructed. Their world was lost and a new one had taken its place.