Things Fall Apart, Achebe: Significance of title, events led up to Okonkwo falling apart...

Things Fall Apart What does the title means? <Tab/>Things Fall Apart is a tragic novel which is set in the Igbo community of Africa. Chinua Achebe, who is the author of this novel, portrays how an ambitious, well known, and respected African, Okonkwo, life falls apart. He was a man with great intensity and personality. He had accomplished his goal to become rich and famous, an advantage that was unseen …

…the event with Ikemefuna, you could see that Okonkwo's life was starting to fall apart. Then, later on, when Okonkwo was kicked out of his clan, his chance of being rich and famous were destroyed. After all that, with the event of Nwoye, Okonkwo's life was a complete breakdown. Anyone could see that Okonkwo had not attained his goals, but instead, by the end of his life, he had become a failure like his father.