Things Fall Apart-Expository Theme Essay
Whenever someone reads a novel they always try to determine the moral of the story, so that they apply it in their daily lives. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” stated by Barack Obama. Change is basic and fundamental need for any personal willing to excel in life. In the novel “Things Fall Apart”, the reader can identify that one of the themes of the story is change, and can also determine how change emerged in the story mentally, physically, emotionally, and social.
The first evidence that determines that the theme of the story is change takes place in the first chapter of the novel. Cited from the text, “His wives, especially the youngest, who lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his children. / But on his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness” (13), this explains Okonkwo’s characteristics and how he did not want anyone to discover a weakness with in him. He tried his best to prevent anyone from discovering his weakness but someone did…the Christians. “Then they come to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling, and they stopped dead. /Oberika who had been … That man was one of the greatest men in Umofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog…” (207,208). This counters the quote on
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Through Okonkwo’s journey the reader could notice that his thoughts changed which lead him to committing suicide and sinning according to his people. Also, we notice how people can change their religion by wanting to feel like other or be treated like others. Throughout the novel, the reader examined that change could be good however it could also be bad. It on the point of view or perspective that you are