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Essay Archive - Things Fall Apart: An Analysis
Things Fall Apart: An Analysis
The culture of the Umuofia society before the colonial infiltration, may be
hard to understand but we are forced by Achebe to realize it has traditions and
customs that make it work. Although, looking at it from our Judaeo-Christian
point of view we may be appalled by some of their practices. We also have to
realize that they have strengths.
Things Fall apart is the idea of balance and interdependence, earth and sky,
individual and community, man and woman or different perspectives on the same
situation. The central image of this ba....
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