Bookreport: Things Fall Apart Author: Chinua Achebe Describes the book as a tragedy, shows evidence about why Okonkwo makes this book a tragedy.

The Tragedy of Life Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe describes to us a tragic story about a "strong man" whose life is run by his own anger and fear of himself. The definition of a tragedy is a drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. Essentially, Okonkwo and …

…on him. Perhaps not a whole chapter but a reasonable paragraph, at any rate"(209). This sentence is talking about Okonkwo, and his life. His life was a tragedy, along with what happened to the whole village. The book is concluded with saying that Europeans don't care about what they did to the Africans, and don't think it was important. This statement concludes that the story was a tragedy, and that now it won't be forgotten.