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What does it exactly mean to "fall apart?"The protagonist, Okonkwo, and his village, Umuofia, are the concepts of things falling apart in this book.Chinua Achebe develops two stories of struggle in her novel, Things Fall Apart.The village of Umuofia and Okonkwo are in a constant struggle and they believe that the "things" that are changing are deconstructing their culture and tradition.These traditions are what hold the culture of the village together and Okonkwo's life, but if these traditions are broken or untied, things begin to "fall apart".Although life in Umuofia seemed perfect and cultured, many "things" occurred to revolutionize their social, political, and economic independence.
Okonkwo, a self-made, courageous, strong man will forever hold hostility towards his father, Unoka.He promised himself to never walk in his fathers' footsteps because he was weak and a failure.Although Okonkwo always portrayed himself to be most powerful and intrepid, he constantly was "dominated by fear" (Achebe 13). However, after he achieved his many goals during his younger years, everything went downhill and eventually no success came out of it.Things started falling apart after Ikemefuna, a captive who stayed with his family and like another son to Okonkwo, was killed.It was shown that this death caused Okonkwo great pain when he "did not taste any food" and "did not sleep at night" (Achebe 63).This loss resulted in Okonkwo losing faith in his strong family bond, which also parallels to his faith with his own
father.These two similarities correspond because Okonkwo lost faith in his father at a very young age, and now the tables are turned.He did not lose faith in Ikemefuna, but within himself, which made him very weak, similar to his father.
A significant time when this stubborn, aggressive man "falls apart" was when he was …