Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe - 1829 Words

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe tries to bring back up cultural, social, and spiritual basics of traditional Igbo (Ibo) existence from the year 1850 and 1900. The novel cannot be fixed like other societal and political old times of Ibo society since it is a fictional novel. However, the novel describes disagreements and anxiety that occurred in Igbo society. It also shows changes initiated by colonial ruling and Christianity. Colonialism affected the people in the Ibo society by destroying of their family’s relationships, friendships, their religion or even created fights between the tribes. Additionally, Christianity attracted the people of the Igbo society. Igbo and other societies were changed considerably due to this variety of†¦show more content†¦He was terrified to turn out like his father; his actions bring a lot of trouble, which affects himself and his family. Throughout the novel, Chinua shows the troubles that Okonkwo goes through due to his stubbornn ess and bad decisions such as beating his wife during the week of peace, which was not right because that week was supposed to be peaceful without any violence. Another example was when Okonkwo killed the slave that he was keeping with him which was considered as another wrong decision because he wasn’t supposed to take part in the killing. The last strike that Okonkwo was given was when everyone was at the funeral of the man who had the divine message to kill the slave and Okonkwo accidently shot the deceased man’s son, which made the village not happy at all. After this, Okonkwo was sent into exile for seven years (Achebe, 124). A couple years later, missionaries from North America came to the village and started preaching the gospel. This is where colonialism was becoming a huge issue. The new religion from the ‘white missionaries,’ was the complete opposite from what the Igbo society was used to. An example would be when the Igbo society was trying to get used to learning about the holy trinity rather than believing in many gods (Achebe, 145). Due to this change, many of the people turned away from their families and their own self to become a part of this new religion. This was a huge problem because before this