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The purpose of "Things Fall Apart", by Chinua Achebe is to…

- - - - "When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, "let us pray". when we opened our eyes they had the land and we had the Bible."
- - - - Nwoye and Okonkwo belonged in different generations, obviously. The first generation is depicted as more of a violent and manly type of people. Parts of Nwoye's generation didn't seek the same things and were considered "feminine" by elder villagers. This led to a sort of divide between these two groups with the younger ones joining the ranks of the white man, while the older generation stayed more loyal.
  - - - The person saying this was an unknown elder from Okonkwo's motherland. He preached that younger generations didn't have that bond that tied communities together and couldn't speak for one cause.
        This made them inferior to older generations who were considered united and mighty warriors. These words came to haunt Okonkwo when he realized that the village
        he came back to after many years was in disarray and people were choosing sides and not willing to rise up against the white missionaries.
  - - - In this quote, Okonkwo is trying to say that you will know a boy will turn into a great man from the beginning. Nwoye had "feminine" aspects from when he was a kid, such as liking stories from his mother which were more joyful, than stories from his father, which were more violent. Knowing this, Okonkwo gave up on Nwoye, showing an example of a growing division which ultimately led to white people taking over Ibo lands and tarnishing the reputation of the native's.