Okonkwo vs Unoka

Okonkwo vs. Unoka Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart is a story about the coming of the white man to Africa and their influence in the ultimate destruction of the primitive, tribal lifestyle of the Africans. Achebe hints at the chaos that arises when a system collapses, and he shows this through Okonkwo’s and Unoka’s characters. Although both Okonkwo and Unoka had different circumstances for their deaths, both characters shared a similar …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…within the society, or else he/she may be ostracized from the group; as seen in Unoka’s case. At the same time, one must also realize that things change over time and it is necessary to accept these changes, or else he/she too will be left out of the group. Achebe uses two foils to show how the stubbornness to conform to society when it is necessary simply causes things to fall apart.