respected throughout his village and neighboring villages. This man,

Okonko, worked hard at his goal, and he achieved it. Okonko, a man

with great strength and personality, had achieved his goal to become

rich and famous, a privilege that was unseen before in his family.

Although Okonko reached his goal at an early age, his life began to

Fall Apart when tragic episodes took place.

One can see that Okonko's life first began to fall apart when

Ikemefuna, a captive who stayed at Okonko's home, was killed. Okonko

had thought of Ikemefuna as one of his own sons. He was deeply

saddened when he was killed. One can see the effects on Okonko from

Nwoye was his eldest son, and Okonko had the greatest expectations for

friends. This goes to show that Okonko lost faith with his friends,

on in the book, when Okonko was thrown out of his clan, one could have

had drifted away with this upsetting incident. Okonko had no longer

Another important occurrence where one can see that Okonko's

like his father lost faith with his.

life, he had become a failure like his father.

By glancing at Okonko's life, one could see that the title Things Fall

depressed. This incident also had a long-term effect on Okonko. From

looses some faith from his family. This corresponds to Okonko loosing

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