but change is, or can be important. Adaptation is an important lesson that

everyone should go through because it is often needed in life. Having the world

being turned upside down is an event that nobody enjoys. The thought of change

often brings fear to the common man. Personal change causes enough stress, but

stress from change on a whole society can be just as hard. When a whole society

evolves, chaos can even affect the strongest of people. In the novel Things

Fall Apart, Okonkwo's life starts to crumble because he is unable to adapt to

Throughout most of the book, Okonkwo feels anger and impatience towards

everyone unlike himself, like Nwoye and Unoka. In one part of the novel, Nwoye,

Okonkwo's son, is converted to Christianity, which obviously displeases Okonkwo.

Okonkwo is just trying to protect his son by being outraged at him, but Okonkwo

takes it to a new level by saying that he will kill anyone in his family if they

doesn't let them know that he can be emotionally weak. For the sake of the Ibo

When the white men kill Aneto, a man who killed for the sake of his land, that's

tribe, Okonkwo refuses to show emotions that heal, but instead show emotions

k to Nwoye. Okonkwo had accepted the fact that Nwoye converts

enough to plot revenge and kill a messenger. Because Okonkwo can't show his

Okonkwo doesn't accept the new people's culture because he refuses to change.

Some common words found in the essay are:
Christian Okonkwo, God Okonkwo, Mold Conformity, Apart Okonkwo's, Nwoye Okonkwo, Okonkwo Okonkwo, Umuofia Okonkwo's, Brown Egwugwu, Nwoye Okonkwo's, Nwoye Unoka, okonkwo doesn't, white kill, ibo tribe, okonkwo's life, okonkwo can't, kill family,
Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)