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THINGS FALL APART Chinua Achebe - Coggle Diagram
THINGS FALL APART
Chinua Achebe
CHARACTERS
Okonkwo
1st wife
Nwoye (failure)
2nd wife
Unoka (father)
3rd wife (Ekwefi)
Ezinma (O's favorite)
Ikemefuna (adoptive son)
Missionaries
Reverend Smith
Mr. Brown
LITERARY DEVICES
Foreshadowing
> locust swarm
Metaphors
> O//
"roaring flame"
&
"living fire"
Comparisons
> Characters compared to animals, "fish out of the water" -> exiled
PLOT
Okonkwo accidentally kills member of tribe> exile (Motherland)
rise of missionaries
Ikemefuma adopted 3 years > killed
Okonkwo kills missionary + suicide
Okonkwo = respected / attached to traditions
STYLISTIC DEVICES
Imagery
> animals in stories told by mothers, omnipresent in decriptions
Pathos, Ethos, Logos
> used when convincing other, missionaries recruiting people
Symbols and motifs
> fire when describing Okonkwo & palm oil -> Igbo culture
THEMES
Fate vs free will
Tradition and change
Gender expectations and masculinity