Things Fall Apart Pdf

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe has many themes that can be reflected in our life. As for me the prevailing theme in this novel is fear of a person toward something. In the second chapter mentions about a fear of other villagers toward Umuofia as Umuofia was powerful in war and magic. In this chapter states that Okonkwo fears failure and weakness,

“But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weaknesses…It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father.” (p.13)

He even hate his father because his father is weak, afraid of war and not good in planting yam. So, he worked hard since young to become different from his father. Besides, there is also mention that a fear of his family members at him in chapter two,

“His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.” (p.13)

When fear embraces a person, we will act differently. We will become someone else just to show that we are not fear of that things. In other circumstances we might concealed or rebel.

Three literary devices that I want to highlight are foreshadowing, repetition and irony. For me these three literary devices give huge impact in this novel. Firstly is foreshadowing. Based on Online Learning Centre, “Foreshadowing is a hint of what is to come in the action of a play or a story.” In this novel, there is stated in chapter one that, “The ill-fated lad was called Ikemefuna.” From this line it mentions of Ikemefuna who is one of the character that is going to introduce to us in the next chapter. So we must be wonder what is going to happen with his life in the future whether it be a good or a sad life story.

Next, literary device is repetition. In this novel we can see many repetition that is used by Chinua Achebe. Accordind to Learnhub, “repetition is used to emphasize a particular idea.” For instance in chapter eleven,

“She was saying again...