Category: Book Things Fall Apart

The Hero Of Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe What is a hero? From Batman to Wonder Woman; from Mother Theresa to Ghandi; from Malala Yousafzai to Nick Vujicic; even the protagonist of Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, is portrayed by Chinua Achebe as a hero in his own right. For centuries and across many civilisations,…

The book is a biography of Okonkwo, one of the most respected men in the Umuofia tribe of Ikwo people in Africa. For him things do indeed fall apart. This is a dramatic story that can be compared with Sophocles’ tragedies about pride and fear that gradually ruin the life of a rightful man. Okonkwo…