Things Fall Apart - Three Notable Events
Okonkwo gets sent to exile
Ezeudu passes away, and the death of the warrior is announced throughout the village. When Okonkwo went to his funeral and shot his gun, and a mourns, he accidentally shoots Ezeudu's 16-year-old son. This act of killing a classman is a crime against the local earth goddess. As a result, Okonkwo must redeem himself by taking himself and his family to exile for over seven years. Okonkwo and his family gather their most valuable belongings and head to Mbanta, a village where his mother lives. Regardless of his sin, Okonkwo will forever be seen as the dominant warrior in Umofia.
Nwoye Turns to Christianity
Nwoye converting to the Christian religion and changing his name to Issac, completely changing his identity foreshadows the influence that the British are having on the locals of Umofia. This shows dominance and a theme of power over the people and how the British would change social ideologies and perspectives, this shows a step of the British colonisation of Umofia.
Okonkwo takes away his own life
Okonkwo is one or actually the most essential character in this novel. Okonkwo was always portrayed as a robust and insightful warrior - or that is how he would like himself and others to see him as. Okonkwo lives up to these characteristics to avoid into becoming dishonourable like his father - which shows an inner conflict between Okonkow versus himself, and his failure to adapt to the changes that the British people have done allow him to slowly break down and reveal more of his weaker side. Also, suicide is seen as a shameful way of death in the local Igbo culture. Mentally, this could show imagery, where Okonkwo is the Igbo culture, and it is slowly being killed by the Englishmen (The British, Brits)
Ezeudu passes away, and the death of the warrior is announced throughout the village. When Okonkwo went to his funeral and shot his gun, and a mourns, he accidentally shoots Ezeudu's 16-year-old son. This act of killing a classman is a crime against the local earth goddess. As a result, Okonkwo must redeem himself by taking himself and his family to exile for over seven years. Okonkwo and his family gather their most valuable belongings and head to Mbanta, a village where his mother lives. Regardless of his sin, Okonkwo will forever be seen as the dominant warrior in Umofia.
Nwoye Turns to Christianity
Nwoye converting to the Christian religion and changing his name to Issac, completely changing his identity foreshadows the influence that the British are having on the locals of Umofia. This shows dominance and a theme of power over the people and how the British would change social ideologies and perspectives, this shows a step of the British colonisation of Umofia.
Okonkwo takes away his own life
Okonkwo is one or actually the most essential character in this novel. Okonkwo was always portrayed as a robust and insightful warrior - or that is how he would like himself and others to see him as. Okonkwo lives up to these characteristics to avoid into becoming dishonourable like his father - which shows an inner conflict between Okonkow versus himself, and his failure to adapt to the changes that the British people have done allow him to slowly break down and reveal more of his weaker side. Also, suicide is seen as a shameful way of death in the local Igbo culture. Mentally, this could show imagery, where Okonkwo is the Igbo culture, and it is slowly being killed by the Englishmen (The British, Brits)
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