Things_Fall_Apart

Things Fall Apart Okonkwo plays a major role in the novel and is projected as a heroic figure and a wrestler who is constantly at war with others, with his ‘chi’, his legacy of his father whom he despises, his own character and finally, with the white man. Okonkwo’s world consists of the nine villages from Umuofia to Mbaino and areas outside of these boundaries have little significance to him, belonging simply to that vague realm “beyond.” He gives a lot of importance to personal achievements as he believes that these achievements bring honor to the village which in turn emphasizes the close tie between the individual and society. Yet Okonkwo has his weakness and it is these weaknesses that ultimately destroy the life he has created for himself. His self-determination is not only controlled by interneral but external forces as well. His impulsive and rash nature makes him break the rules of the sacred week of peace. It is his carelessness that results in his banishment from his village for seven years, and finally, it things, fall, apart, life, own, okonkwo, novel, man, father, white, weakness, village, rash, pushes, makes, individual, finally, achievements, manliness, chi, yet, years, wrestler, world, whom, week, weaknesses, way, war, virtually, villages, value, vague, umuofia, ultimately, turn, transforms, traditional