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A 3 page paper which analyzes how Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" is representative of African literature. No additional sources cited.
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white man. Achebe, an individual who is from African descent as well as being a child of a white missionary, presents the reader with a very powerful look at issues
concerning changing times in a tribe, changes that are due to colonizing and the need to survive. This makes for one of the most powerful "African" novels of our time.
The following paper examines the theme of colonization in Achebes novel as representative of the African novel through a presentation of the African truth, a truth that Achebe knows personally.
Things Fall Apart In Achebes "Things Fall Apart" we are given a very intricate look into the lives of African tribes people who find themselves undergoing change due
to the involvement of the white man. This makes for a very powerful and true "African" novel. We see a society that is, although not necessarily something we can agree
with, strong and buried in tradition. Even if we cannot agree with the methods of this tradition we know it to be strong and perhaps just as valid as any
form of society. We then note the coming of the white man and religion, which changes the society. Through all of these events and conditions we are witness to incredible
change, most notably the changes that take place in relationship to a leading member of the old tradition, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a man of his times, and a powerful
man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started out as nothing, and grew to possess several
wives, plenty of food, and many children. He followed the rules and the traditions of his people and was successful because of this. He did not even stray from his
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