Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart Journal
1. The title of Things Fall Apart comes from a poem titled “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats. The connection between the novel and the poem begin at their titles. The poem was written after the end of World War I. Where as Things Fall Apart wasn’t written until 1959, 40 years later. However the two works both tell stories of inevitable change and that change can be both hectic and destructive. When the colonization begins to occur in Mbanta the tribe is horrified by the white people. Over time some tribe members begin to join the church and change their beliefs. These changes cause the tribe to fall apart, hence the name of the novel.
2. “He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.”
3. This novel is based upon the working of the mind rather than the workings of the heart. Okonkwo, a man of great honor and praise among his tribe, would sooner put strategy......
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