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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis is basically the study of Okonkwo's
downfall through his character traits and conflicts in
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. This novel is about
the British first setting down their foot in the world of
Africa. This creates a great destruction to the tribal
life (Ibo) and eventually changes the nature of the Ibo.
This thesis is about a tragedy of the main character
Okonkwo who is caught in the transition oetween the
tribal life of his forefathers (Ibo) and the culture that
replaces it, the culture introduced by the white people
(British). This thesis examines the factors that lead
Okonkwo to his external conflicts and ultimately leadto
his tragic downfall. Furthermore, the purpose of the
writer in the analysis is to reveal how Okonkwo
eventually faces his downfall. Therefore, in the
analysis the writer mostly applies the literary theories
of characterization and conflict to reveal Okonkwo's
downfall. Through the analysis, the writer finds out
that Okonkwo's character traits and the arrival of the
whites are the factors of the downfall. Then, the thesis
writer shows Okonkwo's external conflicts to show the
process of his downfall and those are the conflicts
against fate, his eldest son Nwoye, and the British
court. Okonkwo finally meets his tragic downfall, he
can not adjust to the new world that is developing
around him; thus he is destroyed. He finds no place for
him to achieve his ambitions again in a changed world
(part Ibo and part Christians). He eventually chooses to
end his life by committing suicide.