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The Second Coming Vs. Things Fall Apart

The book
Things Fall Apart , by Chinua Achebe , is very similar to the
poem , "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. A
comparison of "The Second Coming" to Things Fall Apart
will show many corresponding aspects between both of
these literary masterpieces. Seeing the line "Things fall apart"
in the poem , Achebe makes an outstanding association. At
this point in time he says to himself, "I should name my book
Things Fall Apart , It will show the main idea of the book."
One of the many coinciding concepts between the two is the
daunted apprehension of both the poem and the book. In
Things Fall Apart it seems like whenever the main character,
Okonkwo, gains hope things happen to fall apart . The
contents of "The Second Coming" told of a chaotic world
and a base that could not hold because of it's own inner
conflicts. In Addition to the synonymous feeling both the
book and the poem give, they both expose a great shift from
and old era to a new era. "The Second......


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