Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-7

Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-7

Things Fall Apart talks about the Igbo tribe, in 9 villages where people live in peace. Okonkwo, the main character, lives in Umuofia and now is one of the most known in all villages. He is a great wrestler and nobody has defeated him. His attitude is a strong one, but he has reasons for it, for his father attitude. He doesn’t show love for nobody, not even his family, but he does love them and cares about them. One day, another village killed the wife of Ogbuefi Udo, the best man of Umuofia. The whole village avoided war against them and sacrificed one woman to be the wife of Udo and one man named Ikemefuna from the other village. That boy had to be assassinated but elders decided that Okonkwo will have him for some days, and that days turned into years.

The Week of Peace arrived and nobody could beat anybody or insult. This week is special because the earth goddess will bring everybody a good harvesting. Okonkwo, with his bad attitude, for an accident that his third wife made, beat her and now he was punished because in that week everything has to be around peace. Ikemefuna has adapted to Okonkow´s family, and know is part of them. 3 years already have passed and he still is there. Nwoye was the first son of Okonkwo and he got along with Ikemefuna, they became like brothers.

The Feast of New Yam is a very important date for them. Nobody works during that week, and after that they only eat old yams with their neighbors. Also, during this week, the villages do some wrestling, and first the boys wrestle between them and then the real wrestlers come to fight, there are 9 from each village and there are judges that tell if the fight has been all right. Of course, Okonkwo didn’t fight this year, he had already fought before. The next day, an elder came into Okonkwo´s obi and tell him that Ikemefuna was going to be killed know. Okonkwo didn’t wanted to, because Ikemefuna was already like a son to him. Nwoye cried him for a long time, and indeed, Ikemefuna was killed.  

Shamir Troconis