Specified quotes from "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. Categories are mood, silence, and father/son conflict.

Things Fall Apart: Quote Hunt Mood. -After Nwoye is lured into the Christian religion and abandons his culture and family, Okonkwo is ashamed and states, "you have all see the great abomination of your brother. Now he is no longer my son or your brother. I will only have a son who is a man, who will hold his head up among my people" (172). Nwoye's father disowns him only because he chooses a path untraditional …

…savage blows but then left hold of Nwoye, who walked away and never returned" (152). Okonkwo immediately concluded that Nwoye betrayed their culture only because he was seen with the white missionaries. Okonkwo has much pride in himself and his culture, but he lacks patience and compassion. Achebe ultimately displays the consequence that when a father mistreats his son, there will be a large repercussion when the son loses all trust and respect for the father.