Things really do Fall Apart with Changes
             Change is the biggest and most overlooked characteristic in our everyday lives. At this very moment someone is giving birth, somewhere a person is finding out that they have cancer, and at this very moment many battles are occurring across seas. As humans tend to live their lives in the present and rarely look at the past or future, it is very difficult for all of us to recognize change in our lives. Change will happen when you decide certain decisions or when you are introduced to certain decisions. All of these overlooked changes can either be beneficial or hurtful depending on what the situation is and how you deal with it. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe change is the biggest theme that I realized after reading and thinking about the story. It's a story showing how many traditional African tribes live their lives after the manner of their fathers and their father's fathers, something that is very comfortable and familiar like staying home was for me. Then being introduced to a new and foreign was that of the European influence. How they adjusted and lived their lives to this new matter was their change. Just as we looked at my life, we look at a man named Okonkwo's life in Chinua's tribal tale. Looking at Okonkwo's life in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and at the traditions of his tribe, we see the old, the introduction of new, and how change is inevitable.
             Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe tells a story about a man named Okonkwo and through him we see how there are sometimes things in life that change that you cannot always hold onto. Okonkwo was known to be a "strong man" who lived his life dominated by fear and anger. Okonkwo knew how to kill a man's spirit and never showed his emotion openly. He was the son of a man named Unoka who had failed in life as well as gaining Okonkwo's respect. Unoka was not a very motiva...