Achebe's most acclaimed literary work, Things Fall Apart, yields a tremendous amount of information regarding African culture before and during Africa's European colonization. Things Fall Apart follows three eras in African history that focus on the book's central theme: pre-colonial Africa, European colonization, and post-coloni

The true tragedy arises in the main character, Okonkwo. Okonkwo symbolizes a piety for the old indigenous religion. The destruction of African (Ibo) family is represented through Okonkwo losing his first son to the European way of life. Okonkwo cannot accept the European customs, even though the old way of life has disintegrated. He commits the ultimate act of rejection of the new order by murdering a white man and commiting suicide. This action shows that even those who stand by their indigenous African beliefs are destroyed. No matter the decision Africans' choose he/she is either subdued by Christianity, loses his/her history, and eventually he commits the ultimate act of rejection of the new order by murdering a white man and committing suicide. This action shows that even those who stand by their indigenous African beliefs are destroyed. No matter the decision Africans' choose he/she is either subdued by Christianity, loses his/her history, and eventually experiences slavery; or he is destroyed by himself for holding on to a culture that is no longer alive.

The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves served as a guide for the Ibo. It is the first sign that they believed in a divine power. The Oracle was so powerful that a young boy, Ikemefuna, was sacrificed because it said it must be so. Even though Ikemefuna is Okonkwo's son, Okonkwo dares not dispute the decision of the Oracle and stands behind his religious duty: "…if the Oracle says that my son should be killed I wou

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