Significance Of The Title‘Things For Apart’

Prepared by krupali Lewade

Things Fall Apart

‘It can be said when something we believed would last forever comes to an end’

Second coming‘Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear falconer;Things Fall apart ; the centre can not hold;’

•Achebe hasPresentedDifferentAfrica culture With the African perspective

OkonkwoNovel is aboutHis life & experience of colonization. Okonkwo is self-made, well respected member Of the community.

Igbo community

Community has it’s own culture. it’s a peaceful society.

Achebe depicts positive as well as negative image of his culture.

Okonkwo’s father is not responsible & Okonkwo ashamed to his father.

Ikemefuna, foster son of the protagonist he was murdered by Okonkwo.

Nwoye oldest son of Okonkwo.

He defies his father & converts to Christianity.

Okonkwo’s third wife,

She is the mother of several childrenOf Okonkwo. No proper balance in life of

the protagonist

Falls Apart

Okonwoko’s life falls apart

Igbo society falls Apart

Okonkwo’s Life fall apartOkonkwo’s Life fall Apart He kills Ikemefuna, a prisoner &

his son. Another reason of his life fall

apart when he was thrown out of clan for seven years.

His oldest son converted in to Christianity.

When he returns to his village, he finds that every thing is changed.

He committed suicide & at last his life fall apart.

Fall Apart of Igbo society

The Novel records not Only falling apart of Okonkwo’s life but also his community.

Community falls apart because their brutal rules , arrival of Christian missionaries & rules of English government.

The community is responsible for their down fall.

Their belief in responsible for their fall apart. It shows brutality of Igbo society.

Inhuman acts are done in the name of rituals.

When people suffered from the disease, they are carried on the evil forest.

When they die they do not get burial.

Twin babies are thrown out in evil forest just after their birth. End of the evil thing is necessary.Here these kind of brutality is ended by a person who becomes victim & dissatisfied with ritual of the community.Dissatisfied people changed their religion.Ritual of the community falls apart.

Things Fall Apart

Protagonist of the novel at the beginning

Of the novel rich & respectable person.

At the beginning Igbo society was peaceful & organic

At the end of the novel He meet with tragic end of his life.

At end of the novel there is no Ritual & culture remains. Society fall apart in to pieces.

Okonkwo Society

At last we can say that the novel is A tragedy of protagonist & Society.

Submitted to:

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji

Department of English

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