Introduction

Okay let's hop right into this thing. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, who is, um...

                                                             THIS GUY!


Upon noticing the colorful cover that has tribal statues and shapes, I assume this book is focused on Africa. Diving deeper into the book, I realize the setting is in Nigeria. Let's just hope it's interesting.

Analyzes V (Chapter 20)

"How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us?"


After Okonkwo's seven year banishment, he finally returns to his home tribe, only to find out that it has changed completely due to the church that the white man has built. Enforcing rules of judicial systems and harsh rules, turning most of the tribesman on the white man's side. Angered, Okonkwo questions his clan, calling them cowards, only for them to use the quote above.

In my mind, Okonkwo seemed to think he was going to return back to his tribe and  be the "top dog". Boy, was his vision shattered. I mean, the man spent seven years in banishment. He was anticipating this day for a LONG time.

                                         Maybe he was a LITTLE more than anxious...

Analyzes IV (Chapter 13)

If karma was a plant, then Okonkwo must've been raising one in his left eye. After the death of one of the tribe's higher-ups, a funeral is held where music is loudly play and guns are fired. In a series of events, Okonkwo's gun explodes when fired and the shrapnel from the gun pierces the dead man's sixteen-year-old son. 

                        At least he didn't shoot a person that was not wearing an orange vest.

With the thought of killing a fellow tribesman is a crime against the earth goddess, Okonkwo is exiled from his tribe, along with his wives and children, for seven years. Honestly, the guy had it coming to him.

Analyzes III (Chapter 7)

You know how the phrase goes, 'you can't judge a book by its cover'? Well, Okonkwo thinks the opposite. He WANTS to be judged by how he looks, how he acts around people and react in situations. One of these situations is when the boy from the rival tribe is supposed to be killed. The boy was told that he had to "supposedly" go back to his home tribe. Now, the boy has become something as a son to Okonkwo, who looks at Okonkwo as a father. After being sliced with a machete by a tribesman, the boy runs to Okonkwo for help. Feared of being viewed as a coward in front of the others, Okonkwo cuts down the boy with his own machete.

                  It is not widely known that there is a slice of cake at the bottom of the mountain.


It is here that I have established Okonkwo as a  maniacal, boasting sociopath.

Analyzes II (Chapter 5)

So it comes down to it that Okonkwo hates his father and everything he stands for. Walking around in supressed anger, he just aimlessly waits to have an outlet. It got to the point where he grabbed his gun, aimed it at his second WIFE, and pulled the trigger. Sounds to me like someone has some issues to solve.

                           Aww, ain't he just the cutest thin- Oh god, he gnawing off my ankle!


It should be noted that his second wife was not harmed by the gun. Or any rodent, for that matter.

Analyzes I (Chapter Two)

" 'Umuofia kwneu, ' he bellowed a fifth time, and the crowd... Umuofia was feared by all its neighbors."


I find this to be oddly strange. In chapter two, it talks about how a woman from Okonkwo's, the main character, tribe was murdered by another tribe. It kind of blows my mind on how perceptual these tribesman are. I mean, if I were to have a platoon of soldiers against a whole entire army, I would just leave them the hell alone.

                                               Or in the French Army's case; run away.


And now the tribe that murdered the woman has to give up a child from their tribe to pay as compensation. Not very smart.