Things Fall Apart Summary
The book "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, is about a man named Okonkwo,who is a member of the Umuofia clan in Nigeria. Okonkwo was the son of a shameful man, named Unoka. Unoka was shameful because he feared blood, wasted money, his children and wife went hungry often and he died from a swelling stomach and limbs, and was sent to the Evil Forest to die. Okonkwo escaped his fathers shame, and gained honor by beating Amalinze the Cat at wrestling, who had gone undefeated for years. He gathered 5 heads, and drank from the first in special occasions. He is very wealthy, enough to have 3 wives in separate huts and a barn full of yams. Okonkwo built his fortune by being a share cropper. Members of another village murder a woman from Okonkwos v
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Approximate Word count = 524
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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