Question

Give your own personal response to the issues raised in the Ikemefuna sub story on Things fall apart

Answer 1

Answer:

I haven't heard about the substory so I can't tell exactly

Answer 2

Answer:

• The central theme of Things Fall Apart is that when new systems emerge, it is the old ones that have been made uncomfortable that will be the first to adapt. People have a hard time recognizing it outside of the colonial narrative because we've all been conditioned to think of the west as the centre of the universe.

• Things Fall Apart's lessons aren't exactly bright or positive. After all, it is a book about a society's degradation and demise. One of its most bleak truths is that in most cases, power, not virtue, triumphs. Okonkwo's strength and physical brutality make him a success initially.

• Things Fall Apart is basic, honest, unbiased, and has the most dramatic finale of any book I've read. Achebe's story-telling provides the reader with a greater understanding and insight than his own characters. This is a historical dilemma from which we may all learn in today's world of clashing civilizations.

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