Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” a wise man once stated. In the case of the book Things Fall Apart, Nwoye seems nothing like his father, Okonkwo.
Nwoye, Okonkwo’s oldest son, struggles in the shadow of his successful, powerful, and demanding father. His interests resemble his grandfather, Unoka, more than he does his father. Because of this, he endures numerous beatings and is at a loss for ways to please his father. When Ikemefuna arrives, Nwoye’s ways change. Ikemefuna takes Nwoye under his wings and teaches him a more gentle form of profitable masculinity. As a result, Nwoye slowly starts to win his fa...