Things Fall Apart

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Thousand’s of people go through life changing events everyday, these events can cause people to do things they wouldn’t normally do. Having to make a decision to do what you know is right or do something that is frowned upon by others just to get at a better state in life. In the novel “Things Fall Apart”, Chinua Achebe displays fear, fate, and religion through conflict and tragedy.

In the novel “Things Fall Apart” the author shows tragedy by putting the characters in certain devastating situations. For example he used the murder of Ikemefuna (the son of Okonkwo the main character) in the middle of the text to bring fear upon the people of Umuofia. “ She immediately dropped the pestle, which she was grinding pepper, folded her arms across