Things Fall Apart
There was a man who dreamed as a child of being well known and respected throughout his village and neighboring villages. This man, Okonko, worked hard at his goal, and he achieved it. Okonko, a man with great strength and personality, had achieved his goal to become rich and famous, a privilege that was unseen before in his family. Although Okonko reached his goal at an early age, his life began to Fall Apart when tragic episodes took place. One can see that Okonko's life first began to fall apart when Ikemefuna, a captive who stayed at Okonko's home, was killed. Okonko had thought of Ikemefuna as one of his own sons. He was deeply saddened when he was killed. One can see the effects on Okonko from
This incident also had a long-term effect on Okonko. He also kept on getting drunk, and that was a sign that he was depressed. Another episode that showed the downfall in Okonko's life was when Nwoye, his oldest and favorite son, converted to the white mans religion, Christianity. From this episode one can see that Okonko's hopes dreams have begun to fall apart. This corresponds to Okonko loosing faith in his father. From then on his family would look at him as if it were his fault that Ikemefuna is dead. This goes to show that Okonko lost faith with his friends, like his father lost faith with his. Also Okonko lost faith with most of his friends. When news came to him that Nwoye was among the white men, one could have foreseen that only no good was coming to Okonko after that. This episode can be seen as an event where Okonko looses some faith from his family. Starting from the episode with Ikemefuna, one can see that Okonko's life will fall apart. To Okonko this was very upsetting because Nwoye was his eldest son, and Okonko had the greatest expectations for him. After all that, with the incident of Nwoye, one could see that Okonko's life was a total failure. By glancing at Okonko's life, one could see that the title Things Fall Apart fits perfectly with the book.
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