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Theme: adaptation.
In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo must make adaptations for hist survival and prosperity. He must adapt to be more hardworking than his father. He must adapt to the loss of his home when he accidentally killed someone. The moment he stops adapting, he loses everything.

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Theme: adaptation.
In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo must make adaptations for hist survival and prosperity. He must adapt to be more hardworking than his father. He must adapt to the loss of his home when he accidentally killed someone. The moment he stops adapting, he loses everything.

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The theme is derived from reputation. The reputation that one man has over another determines one's ability and accessibility to receive help from others and the possibility of holding superiority in their culture. Okonkwo strives to build a strong and healthy reputation in the early years of his life because he understands the importance in the Ibo culture.

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One of the messages of Things Fall Apart is the underlying effects of colonialism in Africa had a profound effect on the people living in Africa and that people who used to be the best and did not adapt to the new norm like Okonkwo suffered greatly.

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In Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe uses the tragic story of the character Okonkwo to correct misconceptions about the African culture that Western society has been misinformed about from previous literary text.

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The central theme of Things Fall Apart is the impact of being submerged into a culture that is unknown as the novel focuses on how Umuofian culture is impacted by the invasion of the Christian missionaries.

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In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe gives the message that the western culture is ignorant in their views and knowledge of the African culture and uses their wealth and persuasiveness to convert and take power of African cultures and clan

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In Things Fall Apart, author Chinua Achebe uses the character Okonkwo to demonstrate the real culture and correct the misconceptions that have been created against Western Culture.

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The novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, evokes multiple questions for the reader to ponder upon. One such question was, "Does change affect lives negatively or positively?" The African culture went through multiple changes during the end of the book and the main character, Okonkwo, was against changes. Did these Western changes better the culture or was Okonkwo right change was not necessary?

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In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe is trying to say that a failure to change will ultimately result in self-destruction. He does this through the demonstration of Okonkwo’s static character and how his toxic masculinity becomes his fatal flaw when he realizes he can’t cope in a world of changed values and structure.

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In Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart the reader is left with the question of whether the people of Africa are really so different from the  Westerners as they are so often portrayed as being.

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The novel Things Fall Apart as a whole attempts to convey a theme of fear. Achebe shows the reader how fear can be taken advantage of in order to motivate or drive someone. It can also, however, lead to the end of a person if they are unable to properly utilize and cope with it. Okonkwo used his fear of him and the others around him becoming like his father to push himself to be strong, independent, and respected. This fear ended up being his downfall, as well, as he killed himself after his village would not fight with the missionaries.

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In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, one prominent theme is reputation. Okonkwo must protect his reputation in his village by being the strong, masculine leader that he is pictured to be. By doing this, he misplaces most of his qualities such as love and compassion.

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The novel, Things Fall Apart is about the struggle to resist change in one's sense of self and to hold onto aspects of one's culture to find comfort.

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Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, is about adapting to a changing environment where everyday life is threatened by an unwavering authority

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A question that the novel Things Fall Apart evokes includes, How do readers from other cultures view the events that are described in this story and are there similar problems in their own societ?

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The meaning of Things Fall Apart as a whole suggests that the colonialism of western culture is not just the downfall of Okonkwo, but in the culture which he represents, and that it can be easy to lose yourself in the insecurity of not living up to what others believe you to be.

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In the novel Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe leaves the reader with questions to think about. One question that Achebe leaves the reader to think about is how the actions of imperialism effected the lives of many in Africa. Achebe does this to get the reader thinking about the consequences of not only their specific actions, but also the consequences of actions on a larger scale.

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Chinua Achebe utilizes Okonkwo as a controversial character in which readers are able to analyze his dominance in African culture. Okonkwo's traits in turn, create a more credible and impartial perspective towards Achebe's emphasis on African society and value.

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In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe leaves the reader wondering about how colonialism has destroyed the traditions and culture of nations in Africa.

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The central theme of Things Fall Apart

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When analyzing Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the contents of the novel lead readers to question several ideologies, namely how Western colonialism has impacted our perception of foreigners and their culture throughout time.

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One the surface level the novel, Things Fall Apart, delves into the story of a man named Okonkwo who with his stubbornness, dedicated his life to be an honorable and successful man in his tribe but after facing challenges he begins to destroy the reputation that he had created due to the same trait; underneath this the novel is about how one thing that may build a person may also lead to the person's own self destruction/

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The book Things Fall Apart has a deeper meaning that of which many cultures change throughout time and the people of these cultures must grow and accept this change or they are deemed to fall.

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Things Fall Apart

When first reading "Things Fall Apart" one may think the novel is just a simple story about the African culture and way of life but, in fact, it is much more than that. Achebe is trying to demonstrate throughout the novel how different African culture is than how the culture is perceived by western civilization. The reader is able to see how male dominance and the importance of reputation in the African culture effect life in a much different way than in the west.

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Things fall apart is more than just a tale of an African culture, but rather the story of African oppression from a villagers point of view. Achebe expertly shows how the white man has effected the African village, as well as shows the intricate detail of the lifestyle and how it was changed. Achebe does this to send a message about racism, as well encourage people to stand up to their oppressors.

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Things Fall Apart is not just about the structure of African society before and after the influence of western missionaries, but rather is about the complexity of the individual as seen in the conflicting portrayals of Okonkwo (abusive, internal emotion for Ikemefuna, fearful, perserverant etc).

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In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, one of many themes is perseverance. The journey the characters go on show the hardships of African life as they struggle with the changes brought by the western world through the colonization of Africa. Achebe shows his readers the challenges the natives encountered and how they faced these difficulties.

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