Things Fall Apart Conflict

The author, Chinua Achebe once said “Igbo people say, if you want to see it well, you must not stand in one place.” This quote is significant because it shows that sometimes viewing something from of different angle can show you the goods and bads of what we are doing. But if we are not looking at something at a different angle, then we are destined to create trouble or easily miss something very important. Even when two people are viewing the same thing their interpretation may be different. When there are two different interpretations of the same thing is where there is conflict and miscommunication and people start treating people less like people. The author, Chinua Achebe in his book, Things Fall Apart uses realistic characters to show

Early in Things Fall Apart the author Chinua Achebe, uses the classic father son conflict to show how much communication matters in not only their society but also in their family. The main character Okonkwo and his son Nwoye have a very poor relationship with each other. Okonkwo is a man of work and is very driven in his work and Nwoye is like

One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness.” (Pg. 13) If Okonkwo hates his father so much then a boy who is very lazy is disapproved as well under Okonkwo’s household. Nwoye is very close to his grandpa in personality and so this Okonkwo and Nwoye contrast each other in the book. This makes their relationship not close in the slightest. Also Okonkwo was a man of tradition and when Nwoye was suspected of going to one these Christian meetings he choked Nwoye to try and prove his point but it just furthered their relationship even further. Towards the end of the book Okonkwo is told that the missionary “had just sent Okonkwo’s son, Nwoye, who was now called Isaac, to the new training college for teachers in Umuru. And he had hoped that Okonkwo would be happy to hear about