Things Fall Apart In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, the author, presents to us a different perspective of life. Achebe accomplishes this by introducing to us an African tribe named Ibo. There are tremendous differences between these people and the Europeans at the time. That is precisely why Achebe wrote this novel. He wrote it so that people like us, who live in more developed countries, can learn about his beloved African culture. …
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…as critical of his own people as he is of the colonizers. However, his goal was to educate people about some of the struggles Africans have faced, and how to appreciate life in traditional African societies. Achebe writes a record of Ibo life before the coming of the white man. The novel documents what the white man destroyed, which is why after having felt sympathy for these individuals we end up feeling sorry for them.