ed a clansman. This was the worst crime a mancould commit. After Okonkwo did this he realized that there was no hope for redeeminghimself and no way that he could become an elder. So he hung himself because he couldnot live with the fact that he would never regain his standing in the tribe. He would havemost likely been killed for committing this crime anyway. Basically Okonkwo's life fellapart on him, hence I feel that the title Things Fall Apart is very fitting for this book.I thought that Achebe did a good job at writing this book. After getting into thebook I found it very easy to read and follow. It took a while to get use to the names ofthe people in the book, and the Ibo words and phrases. I thought that the purpose of thisbook was not directly stated, but it was implied. The purpose was to show people what itis like growing up in a traditional African Society, and Achebe did a good job a showingthat. The book is chronologically organized, starting with Okonkwo as a child and endingwith his death. I feel that the audience level for this book would be high school andabove. I think that there are a lot of implied messages and ideas that mature readers willpick out easier than younger readers. I feel that the book is not biased, and I feelrepresents the African people as well as the white missionaries fairly. So overall I feel thatthe book was very well written and found it enjoyable to read.I found it ironic that both Okonkwo and his father, Unoka, ended up the sameway. Both ended up being put in the evil forest after their death. Unoka ended up in theevil forest because he did from a strange disease, while Okonkwo ended up in the evilforest because he had killed a clansman. I found this ironic because it seemed theOkonkwo tried to everything different from his father. Okonkwo did not agree with theway Unoka lived, and he told himself that he was not going to live that way. And for themost part his life was compl...
