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- 4. AUTHOR
- 5. CHINUA ACHABE CHINUA ACHABE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EARLIST AND BEST NOVELIST TO HAVE COME OUT OF MODERN NIGERIA. FAMOUS FOR HIS NOVELS DESCRIBING THE EFFECT OF WESTERN CUSTOMS AND VALUES ON TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIATY. ACHABE PRESENT NATIVE AFRICAN CULTURE IN HIS STUNNING WORK. THINGS FALL APART.
- 6. CHINUA ACHABE FAMOUS FOR HIS NOVELS DESCRIBING THE EFFECT OF WESTERN CUSTOMS AND VALUES ON TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIATY. ACHABE PRESENT NATIVE AFRICAN CULTURE IN HIS STUNNING WORK. THINGS FALL APART.
- 7. CHARACTERS
- 8. CHARACTERS OKONKWO- the protagonist, has three wives and ten (total) children and becomes a leader of his clan. Ezinma-is Okonkwo's favorite daughter and the only child of his wife Ekwefi. Unoka- is Okonkwo's father, who defied typical Igbo masculinity by neglecting to grow yams, take care of his wives and children, and pay his debts before he dies. Obierika is Okonkwo's best friend from Umuofia. Unlike Okonkwo, Obierika thinks before he acts and is, therefore, less violent and arrogant than Okonkwo. Ikemefuna-is a boy from the Mbaino tribe. His father murders the wife of an Umuofia man, and in the resulting settlement of the matter, Ikemefuma is put into the care of Okonkwo. Nwoye- is Okonkwo's son, about whom Okonkwo worries, fearing that he will become like Unoka.
- 9. CHARACTERS Ekwefi-is Okonkwo's second wife. Although she falls in love with Okonkwo after seeing him in a wrestling match, she marries another man because Okonkwo is too poor to pay her bride price at that time. Ogbuefi Ezeudu is one of the elders of Umuofia. Mr. Smith is another English missionary sent to Umuofia to replace Mr. Brown after he falls ill. Mr. Brown is an English missionary who comes to Umuofia.
- 11. PLOT OF THE STORY EXPOSITION The exposition runs from the time that the novel begins to the point where the missionaries arrive after Okonkwo's The point of the long exposition is to get the reader used to the Igbo culture, Okonkwo and the way of life in Umuofla, so that the reader can recognize the way they change later in the story It also foreshadows the events with the missionaries and other characters in the story. RISING ACTION The rising action begins after the missionaries arrive. It literally describes the clashes between the Igbo and the Christians, but it metaphorically is a battle about the Igbo being unsure about accepting them. It shapes Okonkwo's mindset to the idea that the Christians are demolishing Igbo life leading to the climax. FALLING ACTION/RESOLUTION The falling action is largely implied as the time in between Okonkwo's suicide and the murder of the messenger. The resolution is the discovery of Okonkwo's body. The resolution sumps up the new form of life that the area will have to live with a regard to both cultures and both livelihoods. CLIMAX The climax occur when the Igbo are having there meeting regarding the crimes of the Christians and Okonkwo ends up killing a smug Christian messenger. at this point the village isba fifty/fifty about going to war, but Okonkwo's brash action lead to the Igbo letting the Christians live in peace. at this point Okonkwo is ready to fight or die for his culture, but he realizes how far things have fallen apart when he sees that his culture doesn't
- 12. CONFLICT IN THINGS FALL APART The fundamental conflicts explored by Achebe in Things Fall Apart is that of Tradition vs Change. The change that take place among the Igbo people after the arrival of Christian missionaries are profound. Many people not previously held in high esteem by the Igbo are converting to Christianity and gaining prestige as a result of their actions. When Okonkwo returns from this Exile, he finds that the religion has destroyed much of the coherence of Igbo Society. Okonkwo tries but fails to marshal support for a return to traditional life, and so he kills himself. THEME The Struggle Between Change and Tradition As a story about a culture on the verge of change, Things Fall Apart deals with how the prospect and reality of change affect various characters. The tension about whether change should be privileged over tradition often involves questions of personal status. AUTHOR'S PURPOSE Achebe's primary purpose of writing the novel is because he wants to educate his readers about the value of his culture as an African. Things Fall Apart provides readers with an insight of Igbo society right before the white missionaries' invasion on their land. His first novel Things Fall Apart, depict the confrontation between the Igbo people of Southeast Nigeria and the British who come to colonized them Achebe tells the story from an African point of view, showing that the Igbo were not "Savages" needing to be civilized, but intelligent human beings with a stable ordered society and rich tradition.