Book: "Things Fall Apart"
Author: Chinua Achebe.
Text:
In the novel "Things Fall Apart", by Chinua Achebe, the protagonist, Okonkwo, encounters many problems in his struggle to become the leader of the clan. But is he able to fully overcome these problems? His son is Christian, he beats his wives, he kills a clansman, and murders his own adopted son, Ikemefuna. The question is whether Okonkwo is really causing his own problems, or whether he is just an unlucky person. He doesn't seem to have many other things in his head besides anger, and so his actions portray only that of anger and se…
