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A 3 page paper
which examines the three generations of characters of Unoka, Okonkwo, and Nwoye as
representative of change in Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart.” Bibliography
lists 2 additional sources.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAachgen.rtf
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before and after the invasion of European people and European ways. It is a story which illustrates many different changes in the culture of the people of a particular village,
the village of Umuofia, as they experience the power and oppressive nature of the European missionaries who claim change, so to speak, altering the face of these people, and essentially
leading to things falling apart, as the title suggests. We see these changes through the generations presented in the novel. The generations are represented through Unoka, Okonkwo, and Nwoye. The
following paper examines the characters as they symbolically present the reader with the changes seen in the Umuofia people and culture. Things Fall Apart Unoka: Unoka is the
first real generation that we see, but he is a character who the main character, Okonkwo, despises. Okonkwo despises his father because he has no title and is not a
very aggressive man. In the Umuofia people title, for a man, is everything. But, as with all cultures, not all people can be leaders or carry the prestige of others.
As such Unoka represents the average individual whose story is not outstanding in any way. He is nothing more than a simple part of the culture, a member of the
culture that keeps the people alive. He represents the average individual in any given culture and could perhaps exist in almost any culture. Okonkwo: Okonkwo is a man in the
midst of change. He is at the center of the cultural upheaval and sees the true alteration of all that once was. Much of what he sees is incredibly obvious
for he goes away and then comes back, only to find that his entire village and culture have been altered in one way or another. He is not willing to
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