Things fall apart can be considered a novel about many things. It could be an example of colonialism in all its glory and failures. The ignorance of one group of people and they affected or infected the African society. It can be simplified to just a story about a man who is trying to provide for his family. It also draws the reader to question the African society and early European history. It invites the reader to question the motives and the validity of European intentions towards the Africans. The damage to African society through this novel is evident, the question that comes to my mind is was it for the sake of religion and God or was it for the almighty dollar. If it was for religion that how are the acts of judgment by the missionaries explained away? It does not seem holy to me to be judged by someone that is not divine. Which leads me to the conclusion that it was for the sake of money, which was made through the control of the African people.
             Things Fall Apart contradicts many European stereotypes of indigenous African cultures. Achebe infuses the language of his novel with Ibo vocabulary and the rhythm of Ibo language. As a result, the reader has an impression of Africans speaking an African language. The pre-colonial Ibo society is far from primitive. Rather, it has a highly developed economic
             system, a complex social organization, and a rich oral tradition.
             The pre-colonial Ibo of Things Fall Apart already have a flourishing economic system. Cowry shells function as currency in this system. The Ibo are far from the sea coast, and the shells are rare enough to function as currency. Moreover, they live off an advanced system of
             agricultural production. Men either inherit farms and wealth from their fathers, or they build their own wealth through sharecropping. The primary crop is the yam, but they produce coco-yams, beans, and cassava as well. Moreover, they produce alcoholic beverages by tapping palm trees, a ...