Things Fall Apart

The main detail that stands out about the book Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, is that these characters have ridiculously difficult lives. None of these people have been dealt a life that is basically worry-free, like many people today. The characters in this book are born to work and serve their families, if they’re lucky and don’t die of some crazy disease. Even the privileged have to work hard to have any prosperity.
One example of how Achebe is trying to show through his story how these people have really awful lives is shown with the main character, Okonkwo. In the story the main thing you first learn about Okonkwo is that his father was killed and left him nothing except a burden. His father, Unoka, had died of a swelling of the stomach and left him nothing at all which could help him ...