Things Fall Apart Summary Chapters 1-6

Things Fall Apart

By Chinua Achebe

“ He was still Young but he had won fame as the greatest wrestler in the nine village.”

The story begins with the description of the most famous wrestler in the nine villages of Igbo culture, his name is Okonkwo.

His fame started since he was a young man; when he had bought honour by beating the Amalizne Cat in wresting contest. Since that moment his fame started to spread.

In the story, Okonkwo shows hia hate against his father, so he turns contrary of him, Unoka; his father was a man who feared blood, wrestling and he was all the time asking for money but never pay it back.

So in a way, the author wanted to explain that Okonkwo was a tough-cold man because he was afraid of weakness in which really meant to be like his father.

“Okonkwo remembers from childhood when his father was called a woman.”

The story continues, and more information is given about the Igbo culture, such as the wide division between the women and the men, the New Yam Festival and the Week of Peace.

Okonkwo´s determination is starting to get notice he starting to demand his three wife’s and eight children to work.

For example, his twelve-year old son, Nowye is lazy, so his father beats him all the time, also the way Okonkwo treats his three wives and eight children.

In the story, a descriptions starts within the folktales and languages of the different clans. With this, Achebe show us that the story isn’t about Africa, is about a specific culture found in Africa.

Through the chapters of 1-6, Chinua Achebe gives information about a specific culture and the most famous cold-rough wrestler man lived in Africa, in which his only inability is to shoot property.

By: Sandra Castañeda Mota

REFERENCE:

Chebe,C.(1994).THINGS FALL APART. New York, Anchor-Books